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Emirates flight EK521 took off from Trivandrum in India without incident but while landing at Dubai International Airport on August 3, 2016 at about 12.45pm local time there was an emergency situation. This tweet by the airline was shared more than 2,675 times.
The Boeing 777 aircraft, departed at 10.19am from Trivandrum International Airport and was scheduled to land at 12.50pm at Dubai International Airport.
The news broke at 1pm local time in Dubai that a 'crash landing' took place and there was widespread panic on social media. However the only information available on the Emirates handle was that there was an incident while landing.
Social media photos show thick plumes of black smoke rising from the burning plane.
As soon as news broke of the incident, Emirates airlines official social media pages on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter changed their logo to a grey and white picture.
At 2pm Emirates put out a tweet saying, "We can confirm that there are no fatalities among our passengers and crew. All passengers and crew are accounted for and safe. #EK521"
Emirates confirmed that there were 282 passengers and 18 crew on board. They also confirmed that emergency response teams at Dubai Airport had fully extinguished the fire on the Emirates plane.
Twitter users were commenting on the Airline's well-trained crew for quickly and safely evacuating all passengers in the Dubai crash. One user Simba DeRozen tweeted that 300 people were evacuated safely from the plane in 46 seconds.
The nationalities of the passengers were announced on Facebook at 3pm. Majority of the passengers-226 to be exact- are from India.
Please click here https://t.co/3pTved3b25 for the nationalities of passengers and crew on board #EK521Dubai Airports offered refreshments across all terminals throughout the day. Passengers were just asked to present their ticket or boarding card.
- Emirates airline (@emirates) August 3, 2016
Statement by HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Emirates' Chairman & Chief Executive on #EK521 incident https://t.co/kdZKaGmvoj (English)At 5.30pm, Emirates cancelled 42 flights at Dubai International.
- Emirates airline (@emirates) August 3, 2016
Dubai International Airport resumes operations for departure & arrival flightsFlight radar tweeted at 6.39pm that Dubai International Airport has resumed operations. Fedex flight FX7 Dubai to Milan was the first to depart.
- Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) August 3, 2016
UPDATE: operations recommence at Dubai - #EK236 is the first to land (@Burakcrn1) pic.twitter.com/bZD8Xp5R3b - @NikPhillips666The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) confirmed at 7.22pm that a fire fighter Jasim Issa Mohammad Hassan attached to Dubai Airports lost his life during firefighting operations.
- AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) August 3, 2016
Ahmed bin Saeed: We pay tribute to the firefighter who lost his life fighting the blaze. We thank all teams that dealt with the incidentHe also paid tribute to the pilot who was instrumental in saving the passengers lives.
- Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) August 3, 2016
Ahmed bin Saeed: The flight pilot is a well experienced Emirati national with more than 7000 flight hour pic.twitter.com/3HQ4ZtzobCHe also informed the press conference that:
- Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) August 3, 2016
Ahmed bin Saeed: Medical teams dealt with 13 persons with minor injuries, who left after a short time pic.twitter.com/OSWjK2xV7B
- Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) August 3, 2016
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