Saudi WC team’s plane suffers engine fire

AFP, ROSTOV-ON-DON (Russia): The plane carrying Saudi Arabia’s World Cup team suffered a fire in one of its engines as the players flew to Rostov-on-Don for their next match, the Saudi football federation said Monday.

The aircraft landed safely after what one of the Saudi players called a “simple malfunction”.

“It was a small fire in one of the engines, the right engine, but the plane landed safely,” association president Ahmad Al Harbi told Saudi sports TV channel KSA.

 

Saudi WC teams plane suffers engine fire

AFP, ROSTOV-ON-DON (Russia): The plane carrying Saudi Arabias World Cup team suffered a fire in one of its engines as the players flew to Rostov-on-Don for their next match, the Saudi football federation said Monday. The aircraft landed safely after what one of the Saudi players called a simple malfunction. It was a small fire in one of the engines, the right engine, but the plane landed safely, association president Ahmad Al Harbi told Saudi sports TV channel KSA.