In a shocking incident, an Emirates airline flight from India crash-landed at the Dubai International Airport and caught fire on Wednesday, with 282 passengers (including 226 Indians) and 18 crew members on board. The three-hour flight took off from Trivandrum International Airport at around 11.15 am India time before it landed on its tail at around 12.45 pm Dubai time (1.30 hours behind India).
Incredible picture shows aftermath of #Dubai airport plane explosion https://t.co/AMgSwhVzpc pic.twitter.com/51OUdqeu8y
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) August 3, 2016
Officials said all passengers were safely evacuated from the Boeing 777, which skidded across the tarmac after its landing gear reportedly failed. Horrified eye-witnesses and video footage describe thick huge black plumes of smoke rising from the top of EK521 after it crashed down onto the runway.
Emirates can confirm that an incident happened at Dubai International Airport on 3rd August, 2016 at about 12.45pm local time.
— Emirates airline (@emirates) August 3, 2016
We can confirm that there are no fatalities among our passengers and crew. All passengers and crew are accounted for and safe. #EK521
— Emirates airline (@emirates) August 3, 2016
Passengers evacuated after flight #EK521 makes emergency landing at #Dubai airport pic.twitter.com/MRLOS1DmdR
— Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) August 3, 2016
[Video] Black smoke filling quickly the cabin after the slides were deployed & all were evacuated #EK521 via @rsddar pic.twitter.com/VDpZTtr9xV
— Flight-Report ✈ (@flight_report) August 3, 2016
The aircraft involved in the accident
Emirates Boeing 777-300 A6-EMW
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This shocking footage shows the moment the Emirates plane exploded in a ball of flames shortly after passengers were evacuated:
VIDEO: #Dubai Flt #EK521 – explosion over right wing shortly after coming to stand still (likely starboard engine) pic.twitter.com/anOzCIRBgu
— Mikey Kay (@MikeyKayNYC) August 3, 2016
A pilot who witnessed the incident told NDTV that he saw the plane coming in fast and hit the runway tail first.
“We saw big flames, then the body hit the runway and the right landing gear collapsed, followed by the right engine coming off. Then it skidded for a while until it stopped.”
Dedicated telephone lines for family and friends of the passengers have been set up:
Please click here https://t.co/3pTved3b25 for the nationalities of passengers and crew on board #EK521
— Emirates airline (@emirates) August 3, 2016
???? #Dubai #Emirates numbers for family members of FL #EK521
UAE – 8002111
UK – 00442034508853
US – 0018113502081 https://t.co/TQ7d0TulRB— Emergency.Life (@Emergency_Life) August 3, 2016
Flights from Dubai have been delayed, and others scheduled to fly in have been diverted to Sharjah. Emirates also warned of a “network-wide” delay lasting four hours, although the reason was unclear.
.@DubaiAirports:All operations(arrivals & departures) at Dubai International have been suspended until further notice following the incident
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) August 3, 2016
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