Скачать или смотреть Chaotic scenes at Doha airport after thunderstorm causes flight diversions and delays

Doha airport after a severe thunderstorm stopped operations from 10.25pm to midnight on Thursday night.

At least 18 inbound flights were diverted overnight to seven different airports including the Saudi capital, Riyadh – over 300 miles away.

Dozens of outbound departures were severely delayed. From 9.45pm local time on Thursday evening to 5.15am on Friday morning, not a single plane departed punctually: around 120 outbound flights were held up.

Qatar Airways links to Edinburgh, Manchester and two flights to London Heathrow were all over two hours late.

Doha is second only to Dubai among Gulf airports in terms of passenger numbers. More than 100,000 travellers pass through every day. Most passengers are in transit, with connections as short as 45 minutes.

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