Dubai plane crash: passengers evacuated after Emirates jet crash-lands | World news | The Guardian
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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 were evacuated safely and no injuries have been reported.
Authorities have not given any details on the cause of the crash.