2023-08-29 19:47:40
# Jafarali Palakot 30 August 2023, 01:17 AM IST.
Jeddah: An Air Seychelles flight made an emergency landing at Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport (KIA) on Monday following experiencing technical problems. The flight landed successfully, passengers and crew are safe. The Air Seychelles flight was en route from Seychelles to Tel Aviv.
At 8.12pm on Monday, King Abdulaziz International Airport officials said the airport control tower received a message from an Air Seychelles flight to make an emergency landing following smelling smoke in the cockpit.
The airport is equipped with all facilities to facilitate the flight. The emergency operation management room at the airport was activated and the plane landed safely at 8.40 pm local time.
KIA said in a statement that the plane’s six crew members, three children and 128 other passengers were transferred to a hotel in Jeddah.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked authorities in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday following the plane landed in Jeddah.
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