Videos posted on social media showed aircraft ploughing through several inches of water that completely covered the airport's apron and taxiways. "We are currently experiencing significant disruption due to the weather and are continuously working with our emergency response teams and service partners to restore normal operations as quickly as possible," it said on X, formerly Twitter. Emirates, one of the UAE's two flag carriers and the world's largest international airline, told customers that check-in had been suspended at the airport for all flights until 09:00 on Thursday. The chief executive of Dubai Airports, Paul Griffiths, told local radio station Dubai Eye: "In living memory, I don't think anyone has ever seen conditions like it." Software engineer Kanish Kumar Deb Barman, who became stuck at the airport on his way home to India, told Reuters news agency: "There are hundreds and thousands of other passengers just like me in this airport who have been waiting for 10 hours, 16 hours, some even for 24 to 30 hours.
