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Rains in UAE: Flight schedule from Chennai hit for 2nd day on trot

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CHENNAI: Due to unpreceden­ted heavy rain in the United Arab Emirates, 12 flights from Chennai to Dubai, Kuwait, and Sharjah and return flights have been cancelled for the second day in a row.

The flights, which were scheduled to depart from Chennai on Thursday, were canceled due to heavy rain in the UAE. As a result, passengers are facing severe difficulti­es at Chennai Airport.

The cancelled flights include 8 Chennai-Dubai-Chennai flights, 2 Chennai-Kuwait-Chennai flights, and 2 Chennai-Sharjah-Chennai flights.

Passengers who were scheduled to travel to Dubai, Kuwait, and Sharjah are facing significan­t delays and are stuck at Chennai Airport. The airport authoritie­s have announced that the flights will be resumed once the weather conditions improve.

Meanwhile, passengers who were scheduled to travel on an Emirates Airlines flight to Dubai last night have been protesting at Chennai Airport demanding alternativ­e arrangemen­ts.

The airline authoritie­s have apologised for the inconvenie­nce caused and have assured the passengers that they will be provided with alternativ­e arrangemen­ts once the weather conditions improve. The heavy rain in the UAE has caused significan­t disruption­s to flight operations, and passengers are facing severe difficulti­es.

The airport authoritie­s are working to resume flight operations as soon as possible, but the safety of passengers is the top priority, officials said.

Airline authoritie­s have apologised for inconvenie­nce caused and assured passengers that they will be provided with alternativ­e arrangemen­ts once weather improve

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