India, March 3 -- As the conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran spreads across West Asia, an Emirates flight was seen making a rare manoeuvre in UAE airspace shortly after it was alerted of a missile attack on the country.

As per Flightradar24 data, Emirates flight - EK501 - bound for Dubai was held outside of UAE airspace on Tuesday morning after the ministry of defence alerted air defenses were engaging ballistic missiles launched from Iran. Follow LIVE updates on the US Iran conflict here

According to live plane tracker on the website, the Emirates plane, which took off from Mumbai in Maharashtra, was seen making a double reverse, which is described as "rare", before ultimately landing in Dubai.

The flight was initially...