I flew yesterday aboard VS401 scheduled to take off at 10:00 (eventually took off at 10:30) and just found out about the emergency situation once my flight took off and I saw the EK aircraft at the end of the runway once my plane passed it and we were already up in the air. The EK aircraft had around emergency trucks (firefighters, etc) and all the exits were with stairs. The UAE authorities usually does not disclosure this kind of news as it might affect the safety image the country MUST show to the world according to them. In any other country this would have been headlines for a while... even though there were not casualties and the crew might have done a good job to evacuate the passengers.