- Emirates has banned pagers and walkie-talkies after attacks targeting devices used by Hezbollah in Lebanon last month.
- The airline banned the devices “on flights to, from or via Dubai,” it said in a statement.
- It has also canceled flights to and from Beirut until after October 15.
Emirates airline has banned passengers from carrying pagers and walkie-talkies, it has said.
A statement posted on the carrier’s website says: “All Passengers travelling on flights to, from or via Dubai are prohibited from transporting pagers and walkie talkies in checked or cabin baggage.”
“Such items found in passengers’ hand luggage or checked baggage will be confiscated by Dubai Police,” it adds.
It comes after a series of attacks that targeted similar devices used by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Thousands of electronic devices fitted with explosives detonated across Lebanon last month, killing dozens of people and leaving thousands injured.
Israel has not officially claimed responsibility for the attacks, but it is widely believed to have been the work of Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service.
Emirates has also suspended flights to and from Beirut until after October 15. Flights from Iraq and Iran are also canceled until after October 7.
The airline’s services to Jordan are set to resume on Sunday.
Israel has been targeting senior Hezbollah figures in recent weeks.
Hassan Nasrallah, the group’s leader since 1992, was killed in an Israeli airstrike last week.
Iran launched a major missile strike on Israel in retaliation for the killing, in what war analysts say was a likely attempt to overwhelm Israel’s air defenses.
The potential successor to Nasrallah, Hashem Safieddine, has been out of contact since further Israeli strikes on Beirut on Friday, AFP reported on Saturday, citing an unnamed senior Hezbollah source.
“We don’t know if he was at the targeted site, or who may have been there with him,” the source said.
Business Insider has contacted Emirates for comment.
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