It was scheduled to land at Dubai International Airport (DXB) at 12:24 GST (08:24 UTC). On 3 August 2016, Flight EK521 took off from Trivandrum International Airport (TRV) at 10:34 IST (05:04 UTC), 29 minutes after its scheduled departure time. The first officer was 37-year-old Australian national who had been with Emirates since October 2014 and had 7,957 flight hours, with 1,292 of them on the Boeing 777. The captain was a 34-year-old UAE national who had been with Emirates since March 2001 and had logged 7,457 flight hours, including 5,123 hours on the Boeing 777. It was delivered new to Emirates on 28 March 2003, and had logged more than 58,000 flight hours in 13,000 cycles before the crash. It was equipped with two Rolls-Royce Trent 892 engines and was 13 years old, having made its first flight on 7 March 2003.
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The aircraft involved was a Boeing 777-31H with the registration A6-EMW, serial number 32700, and line number 434. The accident is the only hull loss of an Emirates aircraft. An airport firefighter died during the rescue operation, and another seven firefighters were injured. Īll 300 people on board survived the accident 32 were injured and 4 were seriously injured. On 3 August 2016, the aircraft carrying 282 passengers and 18 crew crashed while landing at Dubai International Airport. Trivandrum International Airport, Thiruvananthapuram, IndiaĮmirates Flight 521 ( EK521/UAE521) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Thiruvananthapuram, India, to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, operated by Emirates using a Boeing 777-300.
A6-EMW, the aircraft involved in the accident, pictured in 2009Ĭrashed during go-around due to pilot error in failure to monitor thrust : 134ĭubai International Airport, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesĢ5☁4′51″N 55☂2′46″E / 25.24750°N 55.37944☎ / 25.24750 55.37944
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