Emirates flight takes off from Dubai for Auckland, lands back in Dubai after 13 hours

On Friday morning, an Emirates airline flight took off from Dubai. Nearly 13 hours after takeoff, it landed back in Dubai, inste of landing at its destination. destination of flight was Auckland, New Zealand. Emirates flight took off at 10:30 AM local time and landed back in Dubai at midnight.

It was a 9,000 mile journey to New Zealand and flight me it halfway before turning back, according to FlightRar 24. So, what was reason behind this odd incident? Well, thing is, New Zealand has been suffering from intense floods.

Floods in New Zealand forces to flight to turn back

As a result of se floods, Auckland airport h to close down. “Auckland Airport has been evaluating damage to our international terminal and regrettably determined that no international flights can operate today," re a statement issued by Auckland airport. “Although we recognise how aggravating this is, passenger safety is our main concern,” ded statement. According to a report from Business Insider, airline apologised to passengers for difficulty that was caused. 

According to a report from CNN, on Monday, authorities in New Zealand issued a statement saying that situation in Auckland might worsen. Hundreds of people have alrey been forced to evacuate and four have lost ir lives. “Tuesday is day we are most concerned about,” re a statement from Met Service.