While the man and his partner have been put up in a hotel to await a flight out of the drone strike-stricken city, the experience has been less than pleasant.
“They’ve spent hours and hours queueing,” Chris said. “They were told that they were going to be put on a flight, but if they wanted to get the flight, they had to pay all their expenses.”
Chris said this was despite the General Civil Aviation Authority of the UAE promising earlier this week to bear “all hosting and accommodation costs for affected and stranded passengers”.
“Some of the messages we get from the media or the UAE are different to what is experienced on the ground if you’re a transit passenger.”