Thirty-five flights out of Abu Dhabi were cancelled and hundreds delayed yesterday after a plane damaged tarmac lights on the southbound runway of the emirate’s international airport in dense fog.
Etihad Flight EY045 to Dublin veered off its line in the mist as it prepared to take off at 3.19am. The damage to the lights caused a six-hour shutdown of the southbound runway.
The Airbus A330-200 was carrying 208 passengers and crew. None was injured, but there was some damage to the aircraft’s tyres.
At least 35 flights were cancelled, including 11 Etihad flights, and 150 were delayed by more than an hour, according to flightstats.com.
