Dubai plane crash-lands

Emirates plane crash-lands at Dubai airport1

Question: Recently a plane crash-landed at the Dubai airport. The plane was coming off from which of the following city?
(a) Thiruvananthapuram
(b) New Delhi
(c) Moscow
(d) New York
Ans: (a)
Related facts:

  • On 3 August 2016 an Emirates flight from Thiruvananthapuram crash-landed at the Dubai airport.
  • There were 282 passengers and 18 crew on board from 20 nationalities, most of them Indian, with 24 Britons and 11 people from the United Arab Emirates.
  • Emirates flight EK521 evacuated seconds before the plane went up in flames.

Reference:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36963112
http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/exclusive-emirates-pilots-list-the-seconds-before-dubai-crash-landing-1443021