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On the 3rd of August 2016, Emirates flight 521 departs on a scheduled flight from the Indian city of Trivandrum to Dubai, UAE. On-board the aircraft are 2 pilots, 16 cabin crew members, and 282 passengers. As the pilots brief and prepare for the approach, they receive ATIS weather information regarding windshear present in the airfield. The entire approach takes place in accordance with standard operating procedures throughout both the cruise and descent, with no issues encountered until the aircraft is seconds from touchdown. A chain of unfortunate events involving shifting wind speeds and directions, runway thermals, and a lack of knowledge on the ins and outs of the TOGA switches on the thrust levers lead the pilots into a state of confusion. With GPWS warnings going off, a delayed go-around is attempted. With the aircraft lacking energy, power, and speed, the 777 slams onto the runway and slides down the tarmac for half a minute. Passengers begin to panic as white smoke engulfs the cabin. The captain quickly initiates an evacuation. It is not over yet as several emergency exit slides become unusable due to the fire and wind conditions in Dubai, presenting a great challenge to the cabin crew. As passengers begin evacuating, several take their personal luggage with them. This combination of a limited number of escape slides together with passengers taking their luggage leads the evacuation to take place in 7 minutes (versus the 90 seconds it should take by regulation). A few minutes later, an explosion sends a portion of the upper skin surface of the wing flying into the air, landing and killing a firefighter who had approached the aircraft. The fire from the explosion spreads to the rest of the aircraft, destroying it and marking it as Emirates’ first hull loss. Such an accident had started the world. If this could happen to one of the safest airlines in the industry, it could very well happen to anyone.
Credits:
B777-300ER landing overhead, Creative Commons - ReverseThrustAviation
Emirates air to air shot, Creative Commons - instapilotgram
Thermometer animation - Crazydivers
Emirates 777 taxiing, Creative Commons - TK Spotting
Footage in the 777 simulator, Creative Commons - SeanHodgins
Boeing 777 cockpit landing view, Creative Commons - Hamair777s
Boeing 777 EK521 explosion, Courtesy of Aeronautical Ashutosh
Emirates 777 touching down - .MiguelCorreia.
Asiana 214 - NTSB