BREAKING: An Emirates 777 Has Caught Fire At Dubai Airport
This story is developing and happened at around 12:45pm on Wednesday afternoon. Cause of the accident still unclear, although there are reports of a crash landing. Emirates have released a statement confirming the incident but no further details at this point.
Live video footage
Reaction from Dubai Airport
Fire from Emirates flight in Dubai airport – on the runway! pic.twitter.com/cWILh4CXQ6
— Krishna Bhagavathula (@kbhagava) August 3, 2016
Emirates had confirmed time of incident
@NadaAI @lovindubai it very much looks like an impact, left engine has detached ????
— Earl of The Shire ???? (@EarloftheShire) August 3, 2016
Emirates can confirm that an incident happened at Dubai International Airport on 3rd August 2016 at about 12.45pm local time.
— Emirates Airline (@emirates) August 3, 2016
Coverage on Sky News
.@Emirates confirm an “incident” involving a plane at Dubai International airport https://t.co/RcqxnOvaYP
— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 3, 2016
Latest image from Dubai airport where Emirates confirms there is an ongoing incident pic.twitter.com/fMA6mO4zQb
— Alistair Bunkall (@AliBunkallSKY) August 3, 2016
