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 "locationNote": "lat/lon are the dossier's own approximate coordinates (see locationPrecision) and are empty when the incident location is unknown. referencePoint {lat, lon, level, name} is a display reference only: a fixed point in the named city (GeoNames), region (its administrative seat), sea or country (Natural Earth label point), derived at build time. It is not a geolocation, not an estimate of the incident location and may change when the dossier's place becomes more precise: reference point; incident location unknown.",
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  "url": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23345422",
  "note": "Citable weekly snapshot (CSV + JSON) archived on Zenodo; this DOI always resolves to the latest version."
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  "id": "dubai-airport-suspected-drone-2019-09-22",
  "title": "Suspected drone activity diverts flights from Dubai airport",
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  "country": "United Arab Emirates",
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  "summary": "Two flights were diverted from Dubai International Airport on 22 September 2019 after suspected drone activity. The airport operator reported a brief interruption to arrivals.",
  "impact": "Dubai Airports and Emirates reported two diversions during a 15-minute interruption. Gulf News gives the operator’s window as 12:36–12:51 UAE local time.",
  "evidence": "Reuters quotes the airport operator. Gulf News separately asked Emirates, which confirmed diversions of its own flights and their subsequent return. Both also share Dubai Airports’ statement. These independent operator and airline accounts support disruption, not independent identification of a drone.",
  "unknown": "Drone identification and operator are not established. Reuters gives an approximate after-midday window; Gulf News provides the explicit operator and airline clocks. Emirates describes closure broadly, while Dubai Airports specifically describes interrupted arrivals. This is separate from the February 2019 departure suspension. Closure clocks are not observation times.",
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   "note": "Only published archive records with an editorial entity mapping; unassigned records excluded. Not all real-world incidents or a common cause. No same-day matching."
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   "note": "Official aggregate claims, not independently verified kills. Parts are included only when explicitly sourced and sum to the reported total. Catalogue countermeasures are not incident evidence.",
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  "url": "https://droneincidents.com/incident/dubai-airport-suspected-drone-2019-09-22/",
  "citation": "DroneLedger, “Suspected drone activity diverts flights from Dubai airport”, dossier dubai-airport-suspected-drone-2019-09-22, revision 1, updated 2026-10-16. https://droneincidents.com/incident/dubai-airport-suspected-drone-2019-09-22/",
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    "date": "2026-10-16",
    "at": "2026-10-16T18:32:19.856+00:00",
    "note": "Curated dossier created after checking the cited sources line by line."
   }
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