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19 March 2024

Smoke from cockpit was just the captain smoking

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Alarmed by smoke billowing from the cockpit, passengers on a Saudi flight shouted to the stewardess and asked her if  there is anything wrong with the aircraft. Though embarrassed, she told them the captain was smoking.

The Saudi Airlines jet was en route from the western Red Sea port of Jeddah to Paris when first class passengers noticed smoke coming out of the cockpit.

“When they yelled to the stewardess and told her about the smoke, she simply replied that the captain was smoking and that she could not do anything about it,” the Saudi Arabic language daily said on Saturday.

“A Saudi university professor who was among those passengers called on the Saudi Airlines to investigate the issue and punish the pilot since smoking is strictly banned on all Saudi flights.”