03 August,2016 03:35 PM IST | | IANS
An Emirates plane flying from Kerala with 275 people on board caught fire after landing in Dubai on Wednesday, leading to the closure of Dubai airport, officials said
Dubai: An Emirates plane flying from Kerala with 275 people on board caught fire after landing in Dubai on Wednesday, leading to the closure of Dubai airport, officials said.
It said all passengers were evacuated and there were no reported injuries.
It safely landed. Watch video here:
WATCH: Visuals of #Emirates Dubai to Trivandrum aircraft which caught fire at Dubai airport, all passengers safehttps://t.co/6iYsz00aiE
- ANI (@ANI_news) August 3, 2016
But Dhanya Rajendran, who posted a photograph of the plane billowing smoke on the runway, said a few passengers had been injured.
Emergency vehicles rushed to the aircraft.
An airport official said in Thiruvananthapuram that the flight EK521 took off at 10.25 a.m., 20 minutes behind schedule.
Dubai airport was immediately closed for landings and take offs. Flights headed to Dubai were diverted.
The aircraft involved in the accident is a Boeing 777-300 that was delivered in March 2003.
