Emirates Flight 521: A Cabin Crew Perspective

It was August 3rd, 2016. Emirates Flight 521 had left Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in India, almost half an hour behind schedule and was due to land back in Dubai International Airport at 12:24. The Boeing 777-300 had 282 passengers on board and two pilots and 16 cabin crew. The cabin crew were aged between 22 and 36 years. There were 14 female cabin crew and two male cabin crew. They had experience of between five months and eleven years.