Dubai airport shut for 7 hours
China Daily | Updated: 2007-03-13 07:11
Dubai airport, the Middle East's busiest, reopened yesterday after an accident involving a Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft forced its closure for more than seven hours, causing major disruption to flights.
Aviation authorities said 27 people were slightly injured in the 6.30 am (0230 GMT) accident which happened during takeoff.
No details of the cause of the accident were available. Dubai civil aviation authorities are investigating.
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