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All operations at Dubai international airport have been suspended after a plane carrying 300 people crash-landed then caught fire, sending black smoke billowing from its fuselage.

The Emirates Boeing 777 was travelling from Thiruvananthapuram in India when it was involved in an “incident” on Wednesday at 12.45pm local time (09.52am BST), the airline said. The government of Dubai said all 282 passengers and 18 crew on board flight EK521 had been evacuated safely and no injuries had been reported.

Authorities have not given any details on the cause of the crash. See here Video.


Dubai international airport, the Middle East’s busiest, was closed to all landings and take-offs after the incident, with a number of incoming flights diverted to Dubai world central.

Emirates, the region’s biggest carrier, said the plane had left Trivandrum international airport and was due to land at Dubai international airport at 12.50pm. It said it was expecting a “four hour network-wide delay”.

Source: theguardian.com