Passenger jet catches fire in crash landing at Dubai airport
A PASSENGER jet has crash landed at Dubai International Airport, bursting into flames in impact.
The Emirates plane, believed to be a Boeing 777, caught fire after hitting the tarmac around 12.45pm local time.
It’s understood the flight had arrived at the airport from India and had declared an emergency landing.
There are reports the plane landed on its belly with no landing gear.
Fortunately, all passengers are said to have been safely evacuated from the aircraft.
Miraculously, at this stage, no injuries have been reported.
الجهات المختصة في مطار #دبي تتعامل الآن مع الحادث الذي تعرضت له طائرة طيران الامارات عند هبوطها وضمان سلامة الجميع pic.twitter.com/1WJ30JoaRP
— عشق الكتابة (@rsddar) August 3, 2016
Emirates plane has crash landed and caught fire at Dubai Airport. video: @rsddar pic.twitter.com/zKLTlwbHkN
— Shannon Carr (@ShannonCarr_10) August 3, 2016
@BBCBreaking @BBC_HaveYourSay just witnessed a crash at Dubai airport.. I have more footage pic.twitter.com/WeOb4UOONS
— Edmund Basil (@EdmundBasil) August 3, 2016
An #Emirates Airlines crash lands at Dubai airport. Details here: https://t.co/zZXIAX1xvM pic.twitter.com/vTaG5K3fSB
— Time Out Dubai (@TimeOutDubai) August 3, 2016
The United Arab Emirates has confirmed a plane from India has crash-landed at #Dubai International Airport https://t.co/RaOUqA9Ogq
— ABC News 24 (@ABCNews24) August 3, 2016
