Saudi Arabia’s football players safe after plane catches fire midair
June 19, 2018
The Saudi Arabia Football Federation has said the players are safe after the official team plane, a Russian Airlines Airbus A319-100, caught fire mid air on Monday.
No one was hurt in what must have been a terrifying incident after the plane was forced to make an emergency landing.
Videos uploaded on twitter show fire shooting from the engines underneath the wings as the Russian Airlines Airbus was en route to Rostov, where they will take on Uruguay on Wednesday.
The plane, however, landed safely and was seen being repaired.