Emirates flight crash lands at Dubai International Airport

An Emirates flight from Trivandrum, India to Dubai -- flight EK521 crash-landed at Dubai International Airport. All passengers are reported safe and have been evacuated.

Passengers at the airport took the Twitter to post photos of the plane - as smoke filled up the sky. Emirates Airline confirmed that the incident happened at about 12.45pm local time. The firm said in a statement on Twitter: 

"Emirates can confirm that an incident happened at Dubai International Airport on 3rd August 2016 at about 12.45pmlocal time"

No further details have yet been released by the airline. A source at the airport said that the plane may have "belly" landed, which means an aircraft touched down without its landing gear down.