As reported earlier, an incident occurred on flight EK521 which was coming from Trivandrum International Airport that forced a crash landing. There was a true hero who lost his life to ensure the safety of many more as part of the fire brigade rescue team. The General Civil Aviation Authority confirmed the news. The fatality was a member of the team attending to the emergency this afternoon. 

Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum is the president of the Department of Civil Aviation, CEO and chairman of The Emirates Group and Chairman of Dubai World pays tribute to the firefighter

Ahmed bin Saeed: We pay tribute to the firefighter who lost his life fighting the blaze. We thank all teams that dealt with the incident

— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) August 3, 2016

“On behalf of the General Civil Aviation Authority, I would like to offer my heartfelt condolences to the family of deceased. I salute his ultimate sacrifice that kept many from harm’s way. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family,”

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A friend of Al Beloushi posted Al Beloushi’s photo on Instagram and wrote – in Arabic: 

“We belong to God and to God we shall return, death of firefighter Rashid Al Beloushi during the plane fire incident in Dubai. May God have mercy on him.”