Dozens of residents from Maharashtra, including senior citizens and students, are stranded in Dubai due to airspace closures triggered by escalating tensions in West Asia following the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a joint US-Israel strike, news agency PTI reported, quoting officials on Sunday.

Twenty-three tourists—including 12 senior citizens—from Kalyan, Shahapur and Murbad talukas of Thane district had travelled to Dubai on February 23 and were scheduled to return on Sunday.