An Iranian airliner with some 91 people on board hit building materials on the runway as it landed at Dubai airport but all passengers disembarked safely, the civil aviation authority said.

The Kish Airlines flight from Iran's main western city of Tabriz was directed onto a runway that was being upgraded, the authority said, according to AFP.

"Due to a human error," the tyres and a wing of the Russian-designed Tupolev 154M were damaged.

The accident caused fuel to leak from the aircraft but emergency teams were able to prevent a fire breaking out.

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