Emirates 777-300 crash-landing at DXB

[sn26567]

Emirates: Emirates can confirm that an incident happened at Dubai International Airport on 3rd August 2016 at about 12.45pm local time.

FlightRadar24: No take offs & landings in Dubai right now because of incident. Flights divert.

Anybody knows what happened?

[Passenger]

Emirates: Emirates can confirm that an incident happened at Dubai International Airport on 3rd August 2016 at about 12.45pm local time.

FlightRadar24: No take offs & landings in Dubai right now because of incident. Flights divert.

Anybody knows what happened?

It can't be this because it "happened" in Australia: Qantas QF-1 (A380) Sydney-Dubai returned to Sydney:
https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/a/3222758 ... ney/#page1

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/qf1#a8c95cb

[Passenger]

Emirates: Emirates can confirm that an incident happened at Dubai International Airport on 3rd August 2016 at about 12.45pm local time.

FlightRadar24: No take offs & landings in Dubai right now because of incident. Flights divert.

Anybody knows what happened?

[CTBke]

at 12.45PM Dubai time an Emirates aircraft made a crash landing at Dubai International DXB

aircraft was B777-300 A6-EMW coming from Thiruvananthapuram TRV as EK521

http://7days.ae/emirates-confirms-incid ... port/90339

no further details are known yet

[Passenger]

Reports on Twitter say a landing gear caught fire on EK521 (Emirates B777) from Thiruvananthapuram (India) to Dubai. Same sources say all passengers were evacuated safely before the fire destroyed the aircraft.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flig ... 21#a8c7c5e

A6-EMW Boeing 777-31H (= Emirates B777-300)
http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b777-32700.htm

[Passenger]

Dubai Emirates B777 incident: please continue here:
https://www.aviation24.be/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=59039

[quixoticguide]

credit: TBA

[Stij]

I hope everybody was out... I see the slides deployed, so it could be...

Cheers,

Stij

[quixoticguide]

yes, no injuries ...

[sdbelgium]

Here's a video of the aircraft sliding to a stop with the RH engine separated.
https://twitter.com/FlightAlerts777/sta ... 2265604097

[quixoticguide]

Diversions due to this crash:

To DWC:
EK706, EK565, EK531
FZ334, EK425, FZ222, FZ56, FZ38,
EK415, 3V52

To FJR:
EK651, 9W536

To IKA:
EK972

To AAN:
EK345, 9W546, AI937

To BAH:
EK942

[Sonho1985]

That is a lot of money, being destroyed there on that runway...

[CTBke]

EK184 BRU-DXB already delayed with 2 hours according to flightradad

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ek184

[Passenger]

[quixoticguide]

DXB is closed

[Passenger]

"...An Emirates Airlines Boeing 777-300, registration A6-EMW performing flight EK-521 from Thiruvananthapuram (India) to Dubai (United Arab Emirates) with 275 people on board, was on final approach to Dubai's runway 12L at 12:41L (08:41Z) but attempted to go around from low height.

The aircraft however did not climb, but after retracting the gear touched down on the runway and burst into flames. All occupants evacuated safely, no injuries are being reported. The aircraft burned down completely..."

http://avherald.com/h?article=49c12302&opt=0

[Passenger]

Photo DPA - https://twitter.com/dpa

[sn26567]

It looks like Boeing is using a lot of combustible materials in the Triple Seven!

I am also very surprised that the first statement of Emirates calls this crash landing an "incident", and not an "accident". be"cause there were no fatalities or injured people? The Aviation Herald was right from the beginning: it's an accident.

Yesterday, another Emirates B777-300 flying from Dubai to Male (Maldives) diverted and made an emergency landing at Bombay after technical problems.

[quixoticguide]

[sn26567]

Emirates Media Statement 6:

Emirates can confirm that today, 3rd August 2016, flight EK521 travelling from Trivandrum International Airport in Thiruvananthapuram, India to Dubai has been involved in an operational incident upon landing at Dubai International Airport. There were 282 passengers and 18 crew on board.

The Boeing 777 aircraft, departed at 10.19am from Trivandrum International Airport and was scheduled to land at 12.50pm at Dubai International Airport.

We can confirm that there are no fatalities among our passengers and crew.

We are expecting a 8-hour network wide delay, more information will be available on the Emirates website and social media channels. The following flights out of Dubai on the 3rd of August are cancelled:

EK572/573: Dubai-Kolkata-Dubai DXB/CCU/DXB
EK2809/2810: Dubai-Medina-Dubai DXB/MED/DXB
EK843/844: Dubai-Doha-Dubai DXB/DOH/DXB
EK083/084: Dubai-Geneva-Dubai DXB/GVA/DXB
EK979/980: Dubai-Tehran-Dubai DXB-IKA/DXB
EK864/865: Dubai-Muscat-Dubai DXB/MCT/DXB
EK849/850: Dubai-Doha-Dubai DXB/DOH/DXB
EK630/631: Dubai-Multan-Dubai DXB/MUX/DXB
EK881/882: Dubai-Doha-Dubai DXB/DOH/DXB
EK839/840: Dubai-Bahrain-Dubai DXB/BAH/DXB
EK825/826: Dubai-Dammam-Dubai DXB/DMM/DXB
EK947/948: Dubai-Basra-Dubai DXB/BSR/DXB
EK977/978: Dubai-Tehran-Dubai DXB/IKA/DXB
EK602/603: Dubai-Karachi-Dubai DXB/KHI/DXB
EK875/876: Dubai-Kuwait-Dubai DXB/KWI/DXB
EK903/904: Dubai-Amman-Dubai DXB/AMM/DXB
EK817/818: Dubai-Riyadh-Dubai DXB/RUH/DXB
EK857/858: Dubai-Kuwait-Dubai DXB/KWI/DXB
EK508/509: Dubai-Mumbai-Dubai DXB/BOM/DXB
EK833/834: Dubai-Bahrain-Dubai DXB/BAH/DXB
EK386/387: Dubai-Hong Kong-Dubai DXB/HKG/DXB

[...]

The nationalities of passengers and crew on board are:
226 - India
24 - UK
11 - UAE
6 - US
6 - Saudi Arabia
5 - Turkey
4 - Ireland
2 - Australia
2 - Brazil
2 - Germany
2 - Malaysia
2 - Thailand
1 - Croatia
1 - Egypt
1 - Bosnia & Herzegovina
1 - Lebanon
1 - Philippines
1 - South Africa
1 - Switzerland
1 - Tunisia