Emirates B773 Burns On Landing
 

All passengers and crew apparently safely evacuated.

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Aircraft would appear to be Boeing B777-31H A6-EMW (32700) built 2003.

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My twitter app has gone into overdrive

Landing gear collapsed on landing, according to a UAE news source and avherald. Known issue prior to landing, it seems, as emergency services were already activated.

The latest update on avhearld indicates it may be a botched go-around?

Given that the Airport is still closed (nothing moving on FR24), the Aircraft must have ended up between the two runways. Good that all appear to have got out safely.

EK415 which departed Sydney at 06:00 today was diverted and has landed at Jebel Ali Airport in Dubai.

EK413 due to depart Sydney tonight at 21:10 is showing as delayed to 22:30.

QF1 returned to Sydney for other reasons (see other thread).

A few pictures from the incident today.

http://www.thenational.ae/uae/transp...-in-pictures#1

http://www.thenational.ae/storyimage...-160809716.jpg

Ouch. That hurts! So sad to see such a miserable end to such a beautiful machine :( :(

Much sadder than the sight of that B777 is the news that a firefighter died while helping pax to evacuate (see latest update on avherald.com). No further details given. RIP and my thoughts to your loved ones ��

For me, that raises two questions. Did the crew have any knowledge that the gear wasn't extended? Also, did they mismanage the missed approach procedure and suffer the same fate as the Asiana Airlines 777 at San Francisco?

I think 'botched' is a stretch at this point. For all we know the crew attempted to go around but the aircraft failed to respond, which is how I read it.

News.com.au has a pax video from inside the cabin and down the slide. I've two problems with that... one, filming during an evacuation and two, the usual 'grab your bags' attitude.