Flydubai flight makes emergency landing in Iran

“Flydubai flight FZ710 from Baku to Dubai was diverted to Shiraz due to a technical issue. All passengers were provided with refreshments at Shiraz Airport and continued their journey to Dubai at 19:45 (local time, on the same day) in another flydubai aircraft,” the airline spokesperson said.

“We apologise for the inconvenience caused to our passengers’ travel plans. This followed standard procedure as the safety of our passengers remains our first priority,” flydubai added.

The spokesperson said an empty plane was dispatched to SYZ to pick up the stranded passengers who have returned to Dubai on Thursday. The technical glitch at flight FZ710 was fixed and the plane also left the Iranian airport on the same day.

flydubai spokesperson: flydubai flight FZ710 from Baku to Dubai was diverted to Shiraz due to a technical issue. Passengers were provided with refreshments at Shiraz Airport and continued their journey to Dubai at 19:45 (local time) on another aircraft.

— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) October 11, 2019