An Emirates flight en route from southern India caught fire after apparently skidding as it landed at Dubai International Airport Wednesday. Video showed a burst of flames and then thick black smoke billowing from the stricken Boeing 777 shortly after it came to a standstill. One commentator said it appeared a land gear had failed and subsequent heat from the landing has caused a fuel tank to explode. Remarkably, there are said to be no fatalities among the 282 passengers and 18 crew members on board. “Emirates can confirm that today, 3 August 2016, flight EK521 traveling from Trivandrum International Airport in Thiruvananthapuram, India to Dubai has been involved in an accident at Dubai International Airport,” the airline said in a statement.
300 passengers escape when Emirates jet crash-lands at Dubai airport and explodes on landing https://t.co/U7UEGdCzyD pic.twitter.com/fzaWSLlENv
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) August 3, 2016
This stunning image is of the aftermath of the @emirates plane fire in Dubai today https://t.co/86cz9EmGL0
— The National (@TheNationalNews) August 3, 2016
Amateur footage shows explosion and black smoke after Emirates plane crash-lands in Dubai https://t.co/OwD6bXqeEo https://t.co/NanzHSbIST
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) August 3, 2016
