In addition to the Thais, onboard were 226 people from India, 24 from Britain, 11 from the Emirates, six from Saudi Arabia and the USA, five from Turkey and four from Ireland.
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Emirates confirmed that “an incident” at Dubai airport had occurred but that all 300 passengers and crew aboard were safely evacuated.
All flights departing from Dubai have been delayed until 5 p.m. local time and all incoming flights are being diverted to other airports, the Dubai government media office tweeted on its official account.
A firefighter has been killed after an Emirates plane, with two Australians on board, crashed while attempting an emergency landing at Dubai Airport before bursting into flames.
The Dubai airport is allowing only wide-bodied aircraft such as Boeing 777, A-380 and A-330 on its only operational runway.
Traffic was disrupted by cancellation of 237 flights after an Emirates plane crash-landed and closed down the Dubai International Airport for several hours.
In a shocking incident, Emirates Airlines crash-landed and caught fire in Dubai on Wednesday.
As the plane was about to land, passengers saw smoke coming from the cabin and the pilot prepared them for an emergency evacuation. This news story is related to Latest/140088-Dubai-airport-scraps-200-flights-Emirates-crash/ – breaking news, latest news, pakistan ne.
In its statement, IndiGo said, “Due to unavailability of runway at Dubai airport, all IndiGo flights operating to and fro India stands cancelled for August 4, 2016”. Emirates chairman Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum praised the quick response and professionalism of the airline crew.
Emirates airline announced on its Facebook page that it would waive cancellation, re-issuance or ebooking charges to passengers who had booked tickets before Wednesday.
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“Our priority is now the health and safety of our passengers”, he added.
