Wisma Putra: Malaysians on board Emirates plane still in emergency response room


A relative displays a picture of the crashed Emirates aircraft EK521 which flew from Thiruvananthapuram to Dubai, on his mobile phone at the terminal of Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on August 3, 2016. - AFP

PETALING JAYA: The Foreign Ministry has yet to make contact with the two Malaysians who were passengers on board an Emirates Airlines flight which crash-landed and burst into flames at the Dubai International Airport on Wednesday.

Wisma Putra has confirmed that two Malaysians were among the passengers of Emirates Airlines Flight EK521 from Thiruvananthapuram, India but are not able to reach them yet.

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