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Emirates Flight EK521, arriving from Thiruvananthapuram, India, crash-landed at Dubai International Airport at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday. The airline confirmed that all 282 passengers and 18 crew members were accounted for. Passenger Iype Vallikadan told the Associated Press that the pilot had announced a landing-gear problem before the emergency landing. According to the agency, cabin crew opened emergency exits and everyone evacuated within minutes. Emirates chairman Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum said 10 people were hospitalized.
The survival of everyone aboard was overshadowed by the death of a firefighter responding to the emergency. Officials noted indications of wind shear during the approach but had not established whether it contributed to the crash. Aviation authorities activated an investigation team, while Boeing offered technical assistance alongside the National Transportation Safety Board. Airport operations resumed shortly before 7 p.m. after lengthy disruptions, leaving a story of extraordinary survival marked by one responder’s fatal sacrifice