Emirates B777 gear collapse @ DXB?
 

Just received a message from a friend at Dubai airport that the Emirates 777 had landed with the gear collapsing and would have caught fire? Any info anyone?

No details yet, but:

Emirates flight from Trivandrum to Dubai crash-lands - Khaleej Times

This is being posted on twitter

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Co7H0G9W8AAuo89.jpg

Reports it was a total gear up landing, not a failure

More photos total invovled

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Co7Jgj8WYAAeKfc.jpg

It appears to be
AIRCRAFT
Boeing 777-31H
REGISTRATION
A6-EMW

Cabin appears to be breached:
https://mobile.twitter.com/kbhagava/...768000/photo/1

Flight radar 24 showing pandemonium around DXB now, flights diverting all over the shop.

Flight Radar data: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/f.../ek521#a8c7c5e

The Flight didn't hold before landing.

It's gonna be interesting to see how this works out with lots of brainwashed pilots carrying minimum fuel and probably taking SHJ, AUH and AAN as alternates... :hmm:

On paper it all works out beautifully....if you are the only one diverting... :ouch:

https://twitter.com/DXBMediaOffice

Twitter seems to think everyone got out alright. Let's hope so.

There appears not to have been a 7700 squawk.

He probably was talking about the involved aircraft as he posted the FR24 radar track. No holding could hint that there were no prior indications that something was wrong?

Aviation Herald: Emirates B773 at Dubai on Aug 3rd 2016, gear collapse on landing, aircraft on fire

Windshear looks to have been reported, whether that had any influence.

From the video it looks like the plane held together pretty well.

I just hope everyone made it out before the fire took hold.

Up close Video from an emergency(?) vehicle.


https://twitter.com/faisalirshaid/st...76129808662529

This brief video taken from a distance sppears to show a fuel explosion.
https://twitter.com/uavpilot07/statu...79287779745792

OMDB 030900Z 11021KT 3000 BLDU NSC 49/07 Q0993 WS ALL RWY TEMPO 35015KT 1500

110/21 then 350/15 tempo with WS. Surely this has something to do with it, if they had a tech issue, probably time to divert.

The emergency vehicle video seems to show the left wing inverted, ie the engine at the top of the wing? Hope everyone got out OK. A lot of slides deployed.

the wing is still the right way up, and attached it seems, but the engine has detached and is sitting on the runway facing the wrong way.