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Emirates plane crash-lands at Dubai airport | |
(35 minutes later) | |
An Emirates airline flight from India has crash-landed at Dubai International Airport with almost 300 people on board, officials say. | |
Images posted online show thick black smoke coming from the plane. | |
The Dubai government media office said on its Twitter account that all passengers were evacuated safely and no injuries have been reported so far. | |
The Boeing 777 was reportedly flying from the Indian city of Trivandrum to Dubai. | |
Emirates airline said there were 275 passengers and crew on board. | |
"Our main priority now is the safety and well-being of all involved," the airline says on Twitter. | |
The live air traffic monitor Flightradar24 said takeoffs and landings at Dubai had been suspended because of the incident. |