Explosion rocks Dubai international airport, passengers forced to take shelter
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Travellers sheltered in tunnels when an Iranian drone appeared to strike Dubai International Airport yesterday.
Footage on social media showed an explosion and smoke close to the terminal. A whirring sound is heard seconds before the blast in the video.
Blasts were heard in several parts of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, reports the Independent.
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Travellers at the international airport, one of the world's busiest and a main travel hub through the Middle East, were ushered down into train tunnels after the alert sounded.
UAE airline Emirates later resumed operations after briefly suspending all flights to and from Dubai.
"Dubai Airports confirms partial resumption of operations from today, 7 March, with some flights operating out of Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central – Al Maktoum International (DWC)," a Dubai Airports spokesperson said.
The apparent Iranian attack came after the country's President apologised to neighbours in the region for striking them, declaring Iran would stop them and they had been caused by command chain miscommunications.
There were attacks yesterday in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
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