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Editor\u2019s Note:\u00a0<\/strong>Are you at Dubai International Airport? Did you see flight EK521? If it\u2019s safe for you to do so, to share your photos, comments and video. Please tag #CNNiReport in your message.Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesCNN\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hundreds of passengers escaped after an Emirates flight skidded on a runway and burst into flames Wednesday at Dubai International Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thirteen passengers suffered minor injuries when the plane crashed after landing, Emirates Chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But a firefighter, identified as Jassim Essa Al-Baloushi, was killed \u201cwhile saving the lives of others,\u201d the Dubai government\u2019s media office said. Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum tweeted residents were \u201cproud of our youth and their sacrifices while performing their duties in protecting lives and saving people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flames and thick, black smoke billowed from the stricken Boeing 777 shortly after it came to a stop on the runway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were no fatalities among the 282 passengers and 18 crew members on board, Emirates said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEmirates can confirm that today, 3 August 2016, flight EK521 traveling from Trivandrum International Airport in Thiruvananthapuram, India to Dubai has been involved in an accident at Dubai International Airport,\u201d the airline said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The majority of those on board were Indian nationals, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The aircraft left Trivandrum International Airport at 10:19 a.m. and was scheduled to land at 12:50 p.m. in Dubai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once emergency response teams managed to extinguish the fire, it was clear how deadly the accident could have been: The entire top half of the aircraft\u2019s fuselage was missing, with the belly of the plane slumped on the tarmac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While the cause of the accident is not yet clear, CNN aviation correspondent Richard Quest said images of the airliner could indicate that the front landing gear collapsed and that the plane slid. That could have sparked the fire, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maktoum, the Emirates chairman, said he didn\u2019t want to \u201cjump to conclusions\u201d about what happened because the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he said the fire started after the plane landed, and there were no signs of security problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Emirati pilot and the Australian co-pilot have more than 7,000 flying hours between them, the chairman added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emirates, which began operations in 1985, has never had a fatal accident with any of its aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Planes such as Emirates\u2019 Boeing 777-300 are designed so that all passengers can escape within 90 seconds, Quest said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAirlines plan for this sort of thing,\u201d he said. \u201cThey have emergency plans in place. The idea is that you have to be able to evacuate an aircraft within 90 seconds if there is an accident on the ground. And this clearly appears to be what has happened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boeing, the plane\u2019s manufacturer, said it was \u201cthankful all aboard were evacuated safely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA Boeing technical team is standing by to launch in support of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board,\u201d a Boeing statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delays at busiest airport for international passengers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Emirates said it expected an eight-hour network-wide delay in its operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All flights departing from Dubai International Airport were delayed for several hours, and all incoming flights were being diverted to other airports, the Dubai government media office tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Wednesday evening, departure flights had resumed, the media office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: Dubai airport handles 200,000 passengers a day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dubai-based Emirates is the largest airline in the world by available seat kilometers, or ASK, Quest said. ASK measures an airline\u2019s passenger carrying capacity by multiplying seats available by distance flown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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