Showing posts with label Emirates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Emirates. Show all posts

Friday, August 5, 2016

Emirates flight EK521 crash: Why passengers think about bags, not lives in emergency

Emirates Airline flight crash-lands at Dubai airport - amateur videoThe miraculous escape of 282 passengers and 18 cabin crew members aboard the Emirates flight EK521, which crash-landed in Dubai on Wednesday, is vividly captured in a video that has now gone viral.For survivors, it sure was a miraculous escape since seconds after the last person left, fire engulfed the plane. If one were to track social media posts on this...
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Hundreds attend burial of Emirates flight hero | Inquirer News

Terrifying video of evacuation of Emirates plane crash landingHundreds flock Jassim Isa Al Balushis funeral to pay their respects. Screen grab from The National/FacebookMy eldest son died a hero while saving the lives of the plane passengers. He is a martyr, and he will be missed greatly.These were the words of Issa Al Balushi to describe his deceased son, Jassim Isa Al Balushi, who died after battling the flames engulfingEmirates...
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Thursday, August 4, 2016

Dubai airport fire: Firefighter dies tackling Emirates plane runway blaze

Emirates Plane Crash-Lands at Dubai Airport A firefighter has died while battling a blaze that broke out after an Emirates passenger plane crash landed at Dubai International Airport.Emirates chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al Maktoumannounced the death of the unnamed firefighter at a press conference in the city.All 300 people on board theflight from the Indian city of Thiruvananthapuramwere rescued after plane crashed...
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Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Emirates 777 sent flight data after crash landing

Everything you need to know about the Emirates plane crash-landing at Dubai airport The crashed Emirates 777 wirelessly transmitted critical flight data within minutes of the accident to airline officials, the supplier of the data storage and transmission device says.Raul Segredo, president and chief executive of Avionica, says the device spared safety investigators a search through the wreckage for the flight...
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Dubai: Emirates plane catches fire; hundreds escape, 1 firefighter killed

Emirates plane crash lands at Dubai Airport, catches fire - Watch video| Oneindia NewsBut a firefighter was killed "while saving the lives of others," the Dubai government"s media office said.Flames and thick, black smoke billowed from the stricken Boeing 777 shortly after it came to a stop on the runway.There were no fatalities among the 282 passengers and 18 crew members on board, Emirates said."Emirates can confirm that...
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