{"id":12486,"date":"2019-02-15T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T08:50:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-02-15T08:50:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T08:50:00","slug":"unauthorised-drone-activity-dxb-delay-in-departures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/unauthorised-drone-activity-dxb-delay-in-departures\/","title":{"rendered":"An Unauthorised Drone Activity At Dubai International Airport Caused A MAJOR Halt In Departures This Friday Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"
Flights at Dubai International Airport were temporarily suspended on Friday morning due to an unusual activity.<\/p>\n
A suspected drone activity caused Dubai Airport to temporarily close, much to the chagrin of the passengers.<\/p>\n
Several disgruntled flyers took to Twitter to rant about the situation.<\/p>\n
\nDubai airport going nowhere due to drone flying around. So thousands of people sitting in planes going nowhere. What is wrong with people flying drones near airports!!!<\/p>\n
\u2014 Andrew Todd (@andrewjtodd) February 15, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
“Never seen Dubai Airport like this”<\/h3>\n
\nNever seen #dubaiairport<\/a> like this. So glad to be through that. Just another 5 or so hours to Sri Lanka now!… pic.twitter.com\/KJ2bNAr51a<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Ollie Mulkeen (@OllieTrumpet) February 11, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAccording to a Dubai Airports spokesperson, the services were interrupted between 10.13am and 10.45am, for about 30 minutes this morning.<\/p>\n
The following official statement was released by the authorities…<\/h3>\n
\nDubai Airports confirms that operations at Dubai International are back to normal after less than 30 minutes of delay due to unauthorized drone activity.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) February 15, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Flying unauthorised drones are against the UAE laws<\/h3>\n
\nAuthorities warned that flying drones without obtaining permission is subject to legal liability as per UAE laws.<\/p>\n