On Wednesday, an Emirates Boeing 777 crash-landed in Dubai with 282 passengers and 18 crew on board, according to the airline. This resulted in the death of a firefighter, Jasim Issa Mohammed Hassan, who died fighting the fire at the crash. The Director-General of the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority, Saif Al Suwaidi, praised Jasim Issa Mohammed Hassan's sacrifice in saving hundreds of passengers.
According to passenger accounts, the pilot announced an emergency landing minutes before the crash. Then the airliner, flight EK52, was engulfed in smoke at landing and soon after burst into flames. Passengers spoke of their fear. 
The airport was shut down for four hours after the incident and all crew members and passengers on the flight from India were accounted for and safe, with fourteen reported hospitalised with minor injuries.
The cause of the crash has not been officially announced, however reports indicate the plane's landing gear may not have deployed as the plane landed. An aviation safety consultant, in remarks to Australia's ABC News, noted safely and efficiently evacuating all the passengers was a significant achievement, considering the size of the aircraft.
The airline said two people on the flight were Australian, eleven from the United Arab Emirates, 24 from the the UK, and 226 from India. The co-pilot of the crashed plane was an Australian with approximately 7,000 hours flying experience, according to Emirates chairman Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, who also said the crash was not due to any fault in security. 

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Emirates plane crash-lands in Dubai