Children are screaming and frightened passengers can be heard screaming as the crew makes its way to one of the plane’s emergency exits.
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“There have been accidents where 777s have been very badly damaged during a landing and yet we haven’t had a fire like that”, he said.
An Emirates airline flight from Thiruvananthapuram crash-landed at the airport in Dubai Wednesday.
Although services resumed a few hours later, the airport continues to operate with only one runway and is, therefore, operating a under a restricted capacity.
“All operations (arrivals and departures) at (Dubai International) DXB have been suspended until further notice following the incident involving flight EK521”, Dubai Airports said on Twitter. Rudolph was referring to a drone-related incident which shut off Dubai airport for 55 minutes. Re-opening the second brings the airport closer to normal operations.
Tributes have been paid to the “ultimate sacrifice” of a firefighter who died rescuing 300 passengers and cabin crew, when a plane crashed and burst into flames at Dubai International Airport.
An Emirates Airline flight is seen after it crash-landed at Dubai International Airport, the UAE August 3, 2016.
Emirates Airline said August 4 that knock-on delays or disruptions caused by the incident were expected to occur for the next 36 hours.
The aircraft, a Boeing 777-300 registration A6-EMW powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engines, was delivered to Emirates in March 2003.
Emirates chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum said in a televised news conference that medical teams handled 13 people with minor injuries.
At the same time, Griffiths says the investigation into exactly what forced the Emirates flight to crash land will still take some time to sort out.
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DXB is the world’s largest air hub in terms of worldwide passengers, and is the base for Emirates, which serves more than 153 destinations.
