DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Delays and flight cancellations persisted Thursday at Dubai International Airport, a day after an Emirates airliner suffered a crash-landing that saw all 300 people onboard survive while a firefighter was killed.
The cause of the crash-landing of Flight No. EK521, a Boeing 777-300 coming from the southern Indian city of Thiruvananthapuram, also remained unclear.
The world’s busiest international airport issued a statement saying that it is running “under restricted capacity and has since continued to operate with one runway.” It said some flights were coming into the city-state’s second airport, Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central.
Several Emirates flights, as well as others from foreign carriers landing at the hub, were cancelled Thursday. FlyDubai, the sheikhdom’s low-cost carrier, said it had cancelled 20 flights.
Emirates said that 157 of the 282 passengers aboard Flight EK521 stayed in Dubai following the accident, while the rest stayed in transit at the airport. The airline is covering hotels for 13 transit passengers who chose to stay a few days in Dubai.
