UAE cancels flight to and from Pakistan: Dubai Airport says ‘closely monitoring’ situation
Dubai: In another development amidst the rising tension between India and Pakistan, Dubai, Sharjah Al-Ain and Abu Dhabi airports canceled flight to and from Pakistan.
According to a report published in Gulf News, Dubai Airports spokesperson said “Dubai Airports confirms flights to and from Pakistan have been impacted until further notice due to the closure of Pakistani airspace. Dubai Airports is working closely with airlines, control authorities and air traffic controllers to minimize operational impact and customer inconvenience. Dubai Airports will continue to closely monitor the situation”.
From Sharjah, five flights coming from Pakistan have been cancelled.
All flights from Abu Dhabi and Al-Ain airports to Pakistan were also suspended temporarily until further notice, a tweet from official handle of Abu Dhabi airport confirmed.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
