This image made from video shows smoke rising after an Emirates flight crash landed at Du

This comes as dramatic footage emerged from inside the plane that crash landed and burst into flames in Dubai with two Australians on board.

The passengers and crew included 226 Indians, 24 Britons, 11 Emirati and two Australians the airline said.

Emirates chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum said one firefighter, Jasim Issa Mohammed Hassan, died during efforts to douse the flames and 14 people have been admitted to hospital.

“We pay tribute to the firefighter who lost his life fighting the blaze. We thank all teams that dealt with the incident.”

Saif Al Suwaidi, director of General Civil Aviation Authority said, “I salute his ultimate sacrifice that kept many from harm’s way. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.”

Sheik Ahmed also said the co-pilot was an Australian with about 7000 hours of flying experience.

How it happened

Emirates aircraft, EK521, was flying from Thiruvananthapuram, India, to Dubai when it made an emergency landing, Dubai airport sources told Gulf News. Hundreds of thousands of residents from the southern Indian state of Kerala — Thiruvananthapuram is the capital city — work in the Gulf countries.

All 275 passengers onboard Emirates flight EK521 from Trivandrum to Dubai evacuated safelSource:Twitter

A spokesman for the Dubai media office, which represents the Emirates government, said flight EK521 was arriving on schedule from India when it “crash-landed”.

Passengers evacuated from the flight said that minutes before the flight crash-landed, the pilot made an announcement that he needed to make an emergency landing.

The Aviation Herald reported that the Boeing 777-300, “suffered a collapse of the landing gear and burst into flames” as it landed on landed on Dubai’s runway 12L.

No cause has so far been established for the crash however The Mirrorreported that air traffic control reports now reveal that Flight EK521 had been on its final approach to the airport when it aborted its landing.

A damaged Boeing 777 is seen at the Dubai airport after it crash-landed, in Dubai, UnitedSource:AP

It attempted to ‘go around’ to carry out a second attempt at landing but instead of climbing height to begin a new approach, it touched down on the runway and burst into flames.

There are now questions as to why the plane’s landing gear appeared to have not been lowered as it came into land.

The Mirror reported that aviation expert Anthony Davis has raised concerns over how the plane came to crash land and speculated pilot error could have been the cause.

He also said it appears as though the pilots aborted the landing because of a wind shear — a surprise wind which can blow a plane off course but that it still should not have resulted in a crash.

“This just should not happen. It looks to me like this is an issue of not very good airmanship.”

“There are no signs of the wheels breaking off. When looking at the pictures the plane has belly landed, there are no wheels down.”

According to air traffic control recordings cited by Aviation Herald controllers at Dubai reminded the crew of the Boeing 777 to lower the landing gear as it came into approach.

It was not clear whether the landing gear was extended when the aircraft touched the ground.

The cabin crew opened all the emergency exits of the plane and all 300 passengers and crew on board the aircraft were evacuated within minutes of the landing.

A spokesman for the airline said: “Emirates can confirm that today, 3rd August 2016, flight EK521 travelling from Trivandrum International Airport in Thiruvananthapuram, India to Dubai has been involved in an accident at Dubai International Airport. There were 282 passengers and 18 crew on board.”

Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, chairman and CEO of Emirates, listens to a reporter'sSource:AP

Emirates later said “all passengers and crew are accounted for and safe” but 14 people did need to be taken to hospital.

Dubai International airport was closed for more than five hours as a result of the incident, causing many incoming flights to be diverted until it was reopened at around 6.30pm. But Emirates predicted that there would be an eight-hour delay in operations across its network.

Flights from Sydney to Dubai, which included the codeshared Emirates EK413 and Qantas flight QF8413, were cancelled on Wednesday night. The flights had been due to depart at 9.10pm.

Aussies on board

Australian authorities are now urgently trying to contact Australians who were on the plane.

Emirates has confirmed two Australians were on board with one suspected to be the co-pilot.

“The Australian Consulate in Dubai is urgently seeking to contact any Australians affected by the emergency landing of an Emirates aircraft in Dubai,” a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesperson said in a statement on Thursday.

Dubai airport emergency: Emirates plane completely destroyed by fire after emergency landSource:Twitter

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade issued an earlier statement urging travellers to Dubai to check with their airline for details on delays and when normal flight schedules will resume.

First hand accounts

Abraham Thomas, a Thiruvananthapuram resident who had gone to Dubai to attend a wedding, said the lights went off as soon as the flight landed. During the flight he said there was no indication of any technical issues reported the Indian express.

“At around noon, the pilot announced the flight would land in Dubai at 12.32pm. After touching the ground, it seemed like the pilot tried to lift off again. I was at a window seat on the right side. When the aircraft landed, I saw an engine separate from the wing. The plane kept moving on the runway for about five minutes before coming to a halt. Suddenly, emergency doors opened and the crew asked everyone to escape. Panic-stricken passengers jostled at the exits to jump out,” Thomas said.

As smoke filled the plane he said many passengers felt like they were choking and some were injured when they jumped out of the aircraft, he said.

Passengers and relatives pictured waiting for news after first hearing that the EmiratesSource:AFP

Another passenger, Sai Bhaskar, said the flight landed with the right wing touching the runway. “I heard a sound and the aircraft shook,” he told the Indian express.

Bhaskar said the fight went up in flames a few minutes after the last person got down.

“We ran away. About 40 metres behind us, fire engulfed the plane. It was a narrow escape. Passengers lost their luggage, but a few managed to take their handbags. At the airport, all passengers were taken care of and provided medical aid,” Bhaskar said.

Sharon Maryam Sharji told Reuters, “It was actually really terrifying. As we were landing there was smoke coming out in the cabin. People were screaming and we had a very hard landing. We left by going down the emergency slides and as we were leaving on the runway we could see the whole plane catch fire; it was horrifying.”

Krishna Bhagavathula, who was at the airport, wrote on Twitter that the flames had burned through the top of the aircraft before being brought under control.

Related incidents

The accident comes almost four months after a plane belonging to Dubai’s other carrier, flydubai, crashed and burst into flames as it was landing in Rostov-on-Don, in southern Russia, killing all 61 people on-board.

On July 26, an Emirates Boeing 777-300 aircraft heading to the Maldives made an emergency landing in Mumbai because of a “technical fault”.

In 2009, an Emirates A340 taking off from Melbourne struck several structures at the end of the runway before climbing high enough to return for a safe landing.

An incorrect take off was blamed and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau declared it an “accident”.

Airline Ratings ranks Emirates among the world’s safest carriers, with a seven star rating. It is the largest single operator of the Boeing 777, together with the Airbus A380 superjumbo, and has a fleet of 250 aircraft.

This image made from video shows smoke rising after an Emirates flight crash landed at DuSource:Supplied

The Boeing 777 has a very good safety record although recent incidents have raised suggestions the model may be cursed.

Malaysia Airlines’ MH370 was a Boeing 777-200ER, as was the MH17 that was shot down over eastern Ukraine.

Last year a British Airways Boeing 777-200 dramatically caught fire on the runway of McCarren International Airport in Las Vegas forcing passengers to run for their lives.

But prior to Malaysia Airlines’ 2014 twin disasters, the 777 had a solid safety record.

The only incidents involving 777-300s have been relatively minor and with no injury or loss of life.