{"id":910583,"date":"2026-09-30T04:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T04:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/910583\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T04:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T04:24:15","slug":"emirates-passenger-panic-onboard-flight-ek123-as-waterfall-bursts-through-roof-of-plane-after-take-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/910583\/","title":{"rendered":"Emirates: Passenger panic onboard flight EK123 as \u2018waterfall\u2019 bursts through roof of plane after take-off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Emirates passengers have experienced a soggy journey to Turkey after water leaked through an aircraft\u2019s ceiling and into the cabin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Flight EK123 was travelling from Dubai to Istanbul on September 17 when water started leaking into the economy cabin shortly after take-off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Passenger Hsin Ying Chang likened the leak to a \u201dwaterfall\u201d as it dripped onto travellers from an Exit sign, <a class=\"css-hwy1qg-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsflare.com\/video\/931110\/water-leaks-from-roof-of-emirates-plane-onto-passengers-below\">Newsflare<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3mk41m-StyledText eze0guv9\">Sign up to The Nightly&#8217;s newsletters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1r9pdr5-StyledSubText eze0guv8\">Get the first look at the digital newspaper, curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>By continuing you agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/thenightly.com.au\/subscription-terms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sevenwestmedia.com.au\/privacy-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">According to Ms Chang, cabin crew relocated the passengers who were seated in areas affected by the leak without offering an apology or explanation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThe cabin crew offered no explanation or apology,\u201d Ms Chang claimed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThe foreign passenger sitting next to me was moved to a seat at the front, while we Taiwanese passengers were placed in row 52 near the galley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThere was no TV or other equipment, and all I could do was sit facing the wall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Video captured from inside the Airbus A380 showed passengers using blankets to shield themselves as they were splashed by water throughout the five-hour flight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">An Emirates spokesperson said in a statement shared to <a class=\"css-hwy1qg-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/plane-passengers-use-blankets-to-shield-themselves-as-water-pours-from-ceiling-shortly-after-takeoff-12147310\">People<\/a> the airline \u201ccan confirm that an accumulation of condensation resulted in water being observed in a part of the cabin shortly after take-off on flight EK123 from Dubai to Istanbul on 17 September 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">According to the spokesperson, cabin crew \u201crelocated affected customers whose seats had become wet\u201d and \u201cresponded in accordance with established procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cNo further water was observed during the flight, which continued to Istanbul as scheduled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cWe apologize to the affected customers for the inconvenience caused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">It is not the first leak to affect the airline. In November last year, condensation caused water to drip on passengers aboard flight EK12 from London Gatwick shortly after landing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The Nightly has contacted Emirates for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emirates passengers have experienced a soggy journey to Turkey after water leaked through an aircraft\u2019s ceiling and into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":910584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99,1720],"class_list":["post-910583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}