Statement by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Emirates' Chairman & Chief Executive on incident involving EK521. We can confirm that there are no fatalities among our passengers and crew. All passengers and crew are accounted for and safe.


Our flight EK521 from Thiruva-anantha-puram in India to Dubai had an incident at Dubai International Airport this afternoon.

We do not have all the details yet.

Thankfully, there were no fatalities among our passengers and crew.

Our first priority is the care and wellbeing of our passengers and our crew, and to answer queries from their families and friends. We have activated our humanitarian response teams to provide support, care and compassion to those affected.

We have extended our full co-operation to the authorities and emergency services managing the situation.

Our thoughts are with everyone involved. I request you to respect the privacy of our passengers, crew, families and friends of those on board.

We will keep everyone updated as we find out more.

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