Speaking about the causalities, he said: Medical teams dealt with 13 persons with minor injuries, who left after a short time.
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The airport resumed operations – with reduced capacity – four hours after the Boeing 777 flying from India carrying 300 people crash-landed and caught fire.
It added that the airport, which has two runways, was operating with one strip and arriving flights were being given priority over departures. The airport is the busiest air hub in the world in terms of worldwide passenger traffic.
Two people each came from Australia, Brazil, Germany, Malaysia and Thailand, and one each from Croatia, Egypt, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lebanon, Philippines, South Africa, Switzerland and Tunisia. The airline confirmed that everyone on board was safe and accounted for. A cabin crew member was hospitalized and was expected to be released Thursday. “We are arranging alternate mode of travel from these airports so that our passengers can reach Dubai city”, SpiceJet said in a statement.
“Dubai authorities are not permitting any narrow body aircraft to land there until 7:30 IST, 5th August” announced Spicejet canceling all flights to Dubai till then.
The flight attendants are also heard in the video asking people to move towards the exit door so that the flight is completely evacuated.
An explosion broke out on the aircraft when it hit the tarmac after the plane’s landing gear reportedly failed to deploy properly.
The Dubai carrier’s first significant accident happened after the crew apparently attempted to abort the landing for a second attempt amid unconfirmed witness reports of landing gear problems.
All passengers and crew were evacuated safely.
In another video posted to social media, the plane explodes into a fireball, followed by thick, black plumes of smoke billowing out.
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It has a fleet of over 250 aircraft, including the world’s largest fleet of Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 jets, and uses its Dubai hub to link the United States or Europe to Asia.
