Emirates Airline confirms that “an incident” occurred at Dubai International Airport.
An Emirates Airlines Boeing 777 attempted to go around, but the gear touched down and caught fire. Everyone aboard safely evacuated but the plane burned.
The plane was flying from Thiruvananthapuram, India to Dubai. Aboard were two hundred-eighty-two passengers and eighteen crew.
Dubai Airport reported on Twitter that they will resume departure operations starting 18.30 UAE local time.