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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Lucy Thackray

Emirates passengers stuck on 13-hour flight to nowhere

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Passengers found themselves stuck on a 13-hour “flight to nowhere” on Friday, when an Emirates service made a U-turn to its departure point after flying part of the way to New Zealand.

Flight EK448 from Dubai to Auckland, with a typical flight time of 16 hours, flew six and a half hours towards New Zealand before pilots made the decision to turn back.

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