DUBAI:An Emirates Airline flight coming from India crash-landed and burst into flames on Wednesday at Dubai International Airport, but all 300 passengers and crew escaped from the burning fuselage and were evacuated to safety, authorities said.
A spokesperson for operator Dubai Airports said allpassengers and crew aboard flight EK521 coming from Thiruvananthapuram had been safely evacuated and emergency services were managing the situation.
Emirates Airline said there had been 300 passengers and crew aboard the plane, a Boeing 777-300.
"An Emirates plane coming from India has been involved in an accident on landing at Dubai International," the government's Dubai Media Office said on its Twitter account.
"All passengers were evacuated safely and no injuries have been reported so far," it said.
The airline said the passengers included 226 Indians, 24 UK nationals, 11 UAE citizens, six nationals each from the United States and Saudi Arabia, five from Turkey, four from Ireland,two each from Australia, Brazil, Germany, Malaysia and Thailand, and one passenger each from Croatia, Egypt, Bosnia, Lebanon, Philippines, South Africa, Switzerland, and Tunisia.
Video purportedly of the incident showed a tower of flamebursting from the front of the aircraft, and then a thick black plume of smoke rising into the sky.
Photographs of the incident posted on social media showed the plane lying on its belly on the tarmac with black smoke risingfrom its upper section.
Emirates said it had "no further information on what may have caused the accident".
Planemaker Boeing said in a statement it was monitoring the situation in Dubai and it would be working with Emirates to gather more information.
All departure flights from Dubai international, the world's busiest airport for international travel, were delayed until further notice, authorities said.
The flight involved wasEK521 coming from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.