The Boeing 777 EN route from South India broke out during the landing in Dubai international airport. On Board were 282 passengers and 18 crew members.
The pictures showed the fire and then thick black smoke billowing from the stricken Boeing 777 shortly after planting.
Emirates has confirmed that today, 3 August 2016, the flight EK521 traveled from Trivandrum international airport, India, crash-landed at the international airport of Dubai.
"The team of emergency response at Dubai airport fully extinguished the fire on the aircraft Emirates. All passengers and crew members were safely evacuated, according to news reports on his official account.
All flights departing Dubai were delayed until 5 PM local time and all incoming flights were diverted to other airports. The cause of the accident are being investigated. There are suggestions that the front chassis of the aircraft broke and the plane glided in for a landing site that could cause a fire.
Emirates began operations in 1985. In all that time none of the aircraft companies did not get into accidents.
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