Emirates airline flight crash-lands at Dubai airport

Dubai: An Emirates airline flight coming from India crash-landed at Dubai International Airport on Wednesday, the Dubai government media office said on its official Twitter account, adding that there were no reported casualties yet.

All passengers were evacuated safely and no injuries have been reported so far, Dubai media office tweeted.

Dubai-based Emirates says the incident happened at 12:45 p.m. local time (845 GMT) on Wednesday.

Pictures purportedly showing the incident posted on social media showed a thick black plume of smoke rising from the top of a burning plane.