India News | Emirates Mumbai-Dubai Flight Delayed by Nearly 3 Hours Due to Technical Glitch

Mumbai, Jul 16 (PTI) A Dubai-bound Emirates flight from the city was delayed for nearly three hours on Wednesday after the aircraft developed a technical glitch, which forced the passengers to return from the aerobridge and go through the security checks and immigration again, according to a source.

The flight, EK 505, operated by a Boeing 777 aircraft, was scheduled to depart from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 10.15 am and finally departed at 1.04 pm, according to the flight tracking website, flightradar24.com.

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Emirates, in a statement, said that its Mumbai-Dubai flight EK 505 of July 16 was delayed by two-and-a-half hours due to "additional technical checks".

"Emirates flight EK505 from Bombay to Dubai on July 16 was delayed due to additional technical checks. After a thorough check, the flight departed two and a half hours later to Dubai, landing without incident at 14.03(local time)," an Emirates spokesperson said in a statement.

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"Emirates apologises for the inconvenience caused," the Dubai-based airline said.

"Passengers were stopped at the aerobridge at Mumbai Airport due to a technical glitch in the aircraft. They were moved out through the arrival gate, due to which they had to do security checks and immigration again," a source said.

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