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28 March 2024

Kuwaiti plane in Saudi emergency landing

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A Kuwaiti passenger aircraft made a successful emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after an engine failure that caused panic among its passengers, Saudi newspapers reported on Thursday.

The Kuwaiti Airways flight 785, with more than 200 people on board, was on its way from the Gulf emirate to the western Saudi town of Madina when it developed an engine failure just 15 minutes before landing, they said.

Passengers, most of whom were going for Umra (mini pilgrimage), panicked and some of them started to scream when the pilot reported the fault and oxygen masks were dangled in front of them.

Airport security authorities and civil defence were deployed on the tarmac of Madina airport just before the plane made a successful landing on Wednesday.