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"The fire began to spread rapidly and by the time the fire engines got there the entire top half of the plane was on fire," NBC News Digital chief technology officer Krishna Bhagavathul said while in a terminal overlooking the runway.
He said flames "seemed to be coming from the rear or back of the plane."
Bhagavathul said the blaze was "under control within 15 - 20 minutes." He saw at least three fire engines at the scene.
Emirates can confirm that an incident happened at Dubai International Airport on 3rd August 2016 at about 12.45pm local time.
— Emirates airline (Emirates) August 3, 2016
"The entire top half of the plane is gone," Bhagavathul added.
Tracking websites identified the incident as involving Flight EK521 from Thiruvananthapuram, India, to Dubai, and the aircraft as a Boeing 777-300 that was delivered to the airline in 2003.
Officials later said that passengers had been able to disembark from the burning jet and said no injuries had been reported.
All passengers were evacuated safely and no injuries have been reported so far
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) August 3, 2016