Tuesday | August 12, 2014

Engine fire on Emirates flight to Boston

Engine fire on Emirates flight to Boston

Engine fire on Emirates flight to Boston

An Emirates Boeing 777-300ER with 367 passengers and crew members aboard has been grounded in Boston, USA after one of the aircraft�s engines caught fire on landing.

No one was injured in the incident. The fire was put out �within a minute� and the plane was towed to the gate, Boston Logan Airport.

Emirates has dispatched a second aircraft to pick up the passengers that were due to travel on the Boston-to-Dubai route on Sunday. Flight EK238 to Dubai is now expected to land in Dubai on Tuesday morning, 12 hours after its scheduled arrival time.

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