{"id":3622,"date":"2014-03-06T18:53:40","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T02:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=3622"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:09:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T19:09:29","slug":"etihad-airways-says-technical-glitch-briefly-halted-flights-into-abu-dhabi-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/03\/06\/etihad-airways-says-technical-glitch-briefly-halted-flights-into-abu-dhabi-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Etihad Airways says technical glitch briefly halted flights into Abu Dhabi airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/640px-Etihad_Airways_logo.svg_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3632\" alt=\"640px-Etihad_Airways_logo.svg\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/640px-Etihad_Airways_logo.svg_-300x142.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/640px-Etihad_Airways_logo.svg_-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/640px-Etihad_Airways_logo.svg_.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"90%\" \/>\n<p>ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates &#8211; Dozens of flights to the United Arab Emirates capital of Abu Dhabi were diverted Thursday after a technical malfunction during heavy fog led authorities to stop accepting incoming planes, according to the airport and its main airline.<\/p>\n<p>Etihad Airways, the state-backed carrier that is the UAE&#8217;s national airline, said all morning flights were redirected because of a &#8220;technical failure of the runway landing systems.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy flomax online <a href=\"http:\/\/avidaspharma.com\/holding\/htm\/flomax.html\">http:\/\/avidaspharma.com\/holding\/htm\/flomax.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>&#8221; The airport authority cited only operational challenges posed by low visibility conditions.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy chloroquine online <a href=\"http:\/\/avidaspharma.com\/holding\/htm\/chloroquine.html\">http:\/\/avidaspharma.com\/holding\/htm\/chloroquine.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The malfunction happened as dense fog descended over much of the country, snarling traffic during the morning commute. The airport in nearby Dubai, the region&#8217;s busiest air hub, reported delays but remained operational.<\/p>\n<p>Abu Dhabi airport said 37 flights were diverted to several regional airports, some as far away as Dammam, Saudi Arabia, and Muscat, Oman.<\/p>\n<p>Flight operations resumed later in the day, though Etihad said &#8220;significant delays&#8221; were expected to continue for some time.<\/p>\n<p>Etihad, the main user of Abu Dhabi airport, and its larger competitors Qatar Airways and Dubai-based Emirates are growing rapidly and use their Gulf bases as major long-haul aviation transit hubs.<\/p>\n<p>Abu Dhabi International Airport is undergoing a major expansion that includes the construction of a new terminal complex.<\/p>\n<p>Morning fog is not uncommon along the UAE&#8217;s Gulf coast during certain times of the year. In 2012, some 50 flights were diverted from Dubai International Airport after a backup system needed to deal with heavy fog failed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates &#8211; Dozens of flights to the United Arab Emirates capital of Abu Dhabi were diverted &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":3632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[812,811,813,623,337],"class_list":["post-3622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-w","tag-abu","tag-brief","tag-dhabi","tag-ml","tag-travel-2","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280986,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3622\/revisions\/280986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}