SAUDI ARABIA: Amateur video shows a trail of fire and sparks as an airliner makes an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Medina

Record ID: 189292

  • Title: SAUDI ARABIA: Amateur video shows a trail of fire and sparks as an airliner makes an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Medina
  • Date: 5th January 2014
  • Summary: MEDINA, SAUDI ARABIA (JANUARY 5, 2014) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) ***NIGHT SHOTS*** BOEING AIRLINER MAKING EMERGENCY LANDING AIRLINER ON GROUND AFTER LANDING
  • Embargoed: 20th January 2014 12:00
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  • Location: Saudi Arabia
  • Country: Saudi Arabia
  • Topics: Accidents,Transport
  • Reuters ID: LVAWSXR97298RJ770GDRG9DRBXX
  • Story Text: Twenty nine people were injured when a Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) Boeing 767-300ER made an emergency landing at Medina airport in the west of the country early on Sunday (January 5), the General Authority of Civil Aviation said.
    It said 18 of the injured were treated at the airport while 11 were taken to a hospital.
    A spokesman for Saudi Arabian Airlines, who did not give his name, said three people were seriously injured.
    The flight, arriving from Mashhad in Iran before dawn, was carrying 315 passengers and suffered a technical malfunction, the authority said. It said the pilot had reported a problem with a rear wheel.
    A witness at Medina airport, speaking anonymously because he was not authorised to talk to media, said the plane landed after making two unsuccessful attempts.
    The Saudia spokesman said the plane was leased from another company.
    "Boeing is aware of reports of the accident and is gathering more information," the company said.
    Video obtained by Reuters showed the plane creating fire and sparks as it raced along the runway and then, moments after the passengers have been evacuated.
    State-owned Saudia is the national carrier of Saudi Arabia. It is in the process of splitting into different units that will eventually be partly privatised.
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