Brit holidaymaker delayed for four days to fly home to Birmingham Airport after he got stuck due to Dubai floods from due Watch Video

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A disabled British holidaymaker is stuck abroad due to the Dubai floods - and says he's been told he'll have to wait FOUR DAYS to fly home to Staffordshire via Birmingham Airport.<br/>Ian Molland, 55, was due to fly home from Delhi via Dubai yesterday (17) after a solo travelling trip round India.<br/>But when he arrived at the airport he was informed the flight was cancelled due to the flooding in Dubai, he said.<br/>The retired hotel inspector was told his new flight wouldn't be for another four days - but he'd be put into a 4*hotel by Emirates.<br/>But he claims him - and 180 other passengers - were checked out the hotel after just one night, and left with no accommodation until their flight on Sunday.<br/>Dubai has seen severe flooding after unprecedented rainfall occurred across UAE this week - the heaviest rainfall in 75 years - with some areas recording more than 25cm of rain in under 24 hours.<br/>Ian, from Tamworth, Staffordshire,said: \