Accidents
Emirates 777 Crash Landing Closes Dubai International Airport
No fatalities among the 300 passengers and crewmembers

All operations into and out of Dubai International Airport remain suspended following the crash landing on Wednesday of an Emirates Airline Boeing 777-300 arriving from Thiruvananthapuram in India. Flight EK521 carried 282 passengers and 18 crewmembers, all of who evacuated before a subsequent explosion and fire eviscerated the fuselage. Emirates reported that no fatalities resulted from the crash landing. However, the UAE's Civil Aviation Authority reported that one firefighter died while fighting the blaze.