UAE Civil Aviation Incident Transcript
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Status: PARTIAL / INTERCEPTED / AUDIO DEGRADED
Date: March 7, 2026
Time: 0741–0749 local
Origin: Dubai International Airport (DXB)
Source: Tower / Ground / Approach frequency recovery
Subject: Strike on Dubai International Airport / runway impact / loss of control continuity
[BEGIN TRANSCRIPT]
0741:12 — APPROACH
Emirates 226, continue heading 085, reduce speed to one-eight-zero knots. Expect late runway assignment. Stand by.
0741:19 — EK226
Heading 085, reducing one-eight-zero. We’ve got traffic stacked all over scope tonight.
0741:27 — APPROACH
Affirm. Maintain present heading. Further instructions to follow.
0741:44 — TOWER
Ground, confirm maintenance vehicle has cleared eastern service corridor.
0741:49 — GROUND
Negative confirmation. Last visual was near taxiway Juliet. Attempting contact.
0742:03 — UNIDENTIFIED TRANSMISSION
—loud flash over coastline, possible inbound, possible inbound—
0742:06 — APPROACH
Say again, unreadable. Identify station.
0742:09 — [AUDIO DISTORTION]
0742:11 — TOWER
All stations stand by.
0742:14 — [LOUD IMPACT / SIGNAL DROP]
0742:18 — MULTIPLE VOICES
—God—
—Runway, runway—
—fire on the east side—
—loss of panel, loss of panel—
0742:26 — TOWER
All arrivals break off approach immediately. I say again, all arrivals break off approach. Climb and hold present heading. Airport is not available. Airport is not available.
0742:34 — EK226
Tower, confirm explosion on field. We have visible smoke from final.
0742:38 — TOWER
Confirmed. Break off now. Contact departure when able. Do not continue approach.
0742:44 — GROUND
We’ve lost response from eastern runway crews. Multiple vehicles disabled. Fire suppression is moving.
0742:51 — UNIDENTIFIED PILOT
Was that a strike? Tower, was that a missile strike?
0742:55 — TOWER
Unidentified aircraft, maintain radio discipline.
0743:02 — [BACKGROUND ALARMS]
0743:07 — GROUND
Terminal side reporting shattered glass in access corridors. Passenger movement uncontrolled. Repeat, uncontrolled.
0743:14 — TOWER
Suspend all departures. Lock taxi movements. Nothing moves without tower clearance.
0743:21 — GROUND
Nothing is moving. We have debris across the service lanes and at least one fuel fire.
0743:29 — APPROACH
All inbound traffic divert as filed. DXB is closed until further notice. Contact alternate control on emergency routing.
0743:41 — UNKNOWN FEMALE VOICE
The screens are still running in Departures.
0743:46 — [NOISE / SHOUTING / CARRIER LOSS]
0744:02 — TOWER
Medical to Terminal 3 approach. Fire teams to eastern runway complex. Confirm secondaries are possible.
0744:09 — GROUND
Copy. Smoke is moving across apron. Visibility degrading.
0744:17 — UNIDENTIFIED TRANSMISSION
—people running back inside—glass still falling—
—where are police—
—where are—
0744:25 — [AUDIO CUT]
0745:03 — APPROACH
Emirates 226, confirm diversion to Muscat.
0745:08 — EK226
Affirm Muscat. We can see the plume from here.
0746:02 — GROUND
No continuity with east-side radar repeater. No continuity with service tunnel cameras. Possible total loss in impact sector.
0746:19 — TOWER
Record all transmissions. Preserve all logs. No external relay without authorization.
0746:31 — GROUND
That’s not going to hold. Too many civilians already filming.
0746:40 — [PA ANNOUNCEMENT BLEEDING THROUGH OPEN MIC]
Final boarding call for—
0746:42 — [ANNOUNCEMENT CUTS OUT]
0747:05 — TOWER
Who still has terminal power?
0747:09 — GROUND
Not for long.
0747:33 — APPROACH
All sectors advised: strike confirmed on airport grounds. Repeat: strike confirmed on airport grounds.
0748:10 — [STATIC / PARTIAL LOSS]
0748:22 — UNKNOWN MALE VOICE
This was meant for the runway.
0748:31 — SECOND MALE VOICE
No. This was meant to be seen.
0749:04 — [END RECOVERABLE AUDIO]
[END TRANSCRIPT]
Archivist note:
Audio recovery includes tower, ground, approach, and bleed-through from open terminal channels. Impact time aligns with regional reporting on Iranian strikes against UAE airport infrastructure.
Norwegian recovery note:
[Det verste er høyttalerstemmen. Systemet fortsatte noen sekunder etter at alt allerede var over.]