{"id":506722,"date":"2026-03-01T05:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/506722\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T05:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:15:08","slug":"dubai-international-airport-evacuated-after-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/506722\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai International Airport Evacuated After Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the world&#8217;s busiest airports was just evacuated after a suspected air strike,\u00a0and falling debris following a drone interception killed one and injured seven others at a second airport about an hour away.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/strikes-on-iran-flights-canceled-diverted-busiest-airspace-2026-2\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dubai International Airport<\/a> (DXB) said the airport had &#8220;sustained minor damage&#8221; in an incident on Saturday, which it said was &#8220;was quickly contained.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LukaDzin\/status\/2027853792763646457\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;click_type&quot;:&quot;other&quot;,&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;outbound_click&quot;}\" rel=\" nofollow\">Videos posted online<\/a> show debris on the ground outside DXB and smoke filling the terminal as travelers rush to the exits. Others show emergency vehicles on site.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Four staff sustained injuries and received prompt medical attention,&#8221; DXB airport said. &#8220;Due to contingency plans already in place, most of the terminals were previously cleared of passengers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The airport said more updates will be provided &#8220;as they become available.&#8221; It&#8217;s unclear if there were other injuries.<\/p>\n<p>At Zayed International Airport (AUH), about 77 miles from DXB, authorities responded to an incident involving the interception of a drone targeting the airport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The interception led to falling debris, which resulted in one fatality of an Asian national and seven injuries. Updates will be provided,&#8221; AUH officials said in a statement posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks came as Iran continues to send missiles across the Middle East in response to joint US-Israel strikes on Saturday, which Trump said had killed <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/trump-says-iran-ayatollah-khamenei-dead-after-us-israel-strikes-2026-2\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader<\/a>, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p>Dubai&#8217;s other airport, Dubai World Center \u2014 <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/iran-strikes-flight-diversions-map-2026-2\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Al Maktoum International <\/a>(DWC), said its operations were suspended until further notice and told passengers not to go to the airport.<\/p>\n<p>Kuwait&#8217;s Public Authority for Civil Aviation said a drone hit Kuwait International Airport earlier Saturday, causing injuries and damage. It added that the site was secure as the airport assessed the damage and needed repairs. It&#8217;s unclear if it was an Iranian drone.<\/p>\n<p>              <img xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"lazy-image \" encoding=\"UTF-8\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" data-content-type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/69a368701fb3fcb42648ae07&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:945,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:709}}\" alt=\"Screenshot of alert.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                      A screenshot of Jaiveer Cheema&#8217;s phone showing the alert.<\/p>\n<p>              Courtesy of Jaiveer Cheema<\/p>\n<p>Emirates passenger Jaiveer Cheema, who has been <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/dubai-international-airport-photos-iran-strikes-canceled-flights-passengers-stranded-2026-2\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">stuck in Dubai <\/a>for hours after his flight was canceled amid the air strikes, told Business Insider that he got an alert on his phone around 12:30 a.m. local time that there was a potential missile threat.<\/p>\n<p>The attack on DXB happened soon after. Cheema was at a hotel by then, but said &#8220;everyone is taking shelter in the bottom floor of the hotel.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the world&#8217;s busiest airports was just evacuated after a suspected air strike,\u00a0and falling debris following a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-506722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}