On 3 August 2016, the aircraft carrying 282 passengers and 18 crew crashed while landing at Dubai International Airport. All 300 people on board survived the accident; 32 were injured, 4 were seriously injured.The Emirates fleet is composed of two wide-bodied aircraft families, the Airbus A380 and Boeing 777. The airline also has the Airbus A350-900, Boeing 777X and Boeing 787-9 aircraft on order.
The Beluga took its first flight in 1994. The Beluga has the largest cargo volume of any aircraft in the world. A newer version is scheduled for production. The Airbus Beluga was complicated to build. It has an astronomical weight when fully loaded. Airbus uses Beluga aircraft for transporting large assembled sections of the fuselage and wings of aircraft." The A300-600ST is derived from the A300-600R wide-bodied medium and long range airliner. The large single piece main cargo door swings forwards and upwards providing access to the cargo compartment.Overall length 207 ft Fuselage width 28 ft 10 in Loadable volume length 153 ft 6 in Loadable cross-section max width 26 ft 6 in Loadable cross-section max height 24 ft 7 in