An Emirates Airlines Boeing 777-300 (Reg. A6-EMW), performing Flight EK-521 from Thiruvananthapuram (India) to Dubai (United Arab Emirates), was on approach to land at Dubai when the aircraft impacted the runway surface, skidded down the runway and burst into flames. An emergency evacuation was subsequently initiated and all 282 passengers and 18 crew were evacuated safely. The aircraft was completely destroyed and a responding emergency services fire-fighter was fatally injured whilst attempting to extinguish the flames. Initial reports indicate that the aircraft had aborted its landing and initiated a go-around procedure; however, failed to achieve a positive rate of climb and impacted the runway with the landing gear retracted. It is important to note that the causal factors leading to the accident will remain unknown until an official investigation report is released.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has imposed a number of sanctions on North Korean operator, Air Koryo. The action comes after an Air Koryo Tupolev Tu-204 made an emergency landing at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport due to the presence of smoke within the passenger cabin. The source of the smoke was later discovered to have come from a malfunctioning flight attendant call button. The CAAC has issued a number of safety recommendations to the airline, including improvements to its flight crew emergency response procedures and its aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) arrangements. The CAAC also cited it would limit the operations of the airline until such improvements could be identified.

Major US carrier, Delta Air Lines, was forced to cancel over 600 of its regular scheduled flights after a power outage disrupted the airline’s computer systems on the 8th August 2016. The outage caused all domestic and international operations to be suspended whilst the airline worked to rectify the issue. Flights resumed approximately 6 hours later; however, the delays caused by the outage resulted in the cancellation of a further 700 flights over the subsequent several days.