Photos and videos of an Emirates aircraft billowing smoke at Dubai International Airport began circulating on social media Wednesday afternoon.
Emirates quickly posted confirmation of an "incident" on its official Twitter account.
Flight EK521, a Boeing 777-300, was traveling from India when it landed at Dubai International Airport, according to Gulf News . The Dubai Media Office has reported that all passengers have been escorted off the aircraft and no injuries were reported.
The airline later released a more complete statement regarding the incident, stressing that their were no fatalities of passengers or crew. There were 282 passengers and 18 crew members aboard the aircraft at the time of the crash.
Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Emirates' Chairman & Chief Executive, also released a video statement about the incident.
From the images being shared on social media, it is clear the plane landed on its belly, without landing gear. Initial pictures show the plane intact with smoke billowing, however, the fire clearly spread as the top of the aircraft is completely destroyed in later images. The slide at the rear of the aircraft was deployed.
Dubai International Airport closed to all aircraft after the incident. Operations were set to resume at 6:30 p.m. Dubai time according to WAM.