Emergency Landing in Medina

By Nour ElSayed On Jan 5, 2014

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Saudi Arabian Airlines made an emergency landing in the Kingdom’s Muslim holy city of Medina today. Traveling from Iran’s second city of Mashhad, the plane was carrying 315 people on board; Luckily, only 29 were injured.

12 of the passengers were taken immediately to the hospital, while three of them are reportedly in unstable condition.

The rest of the patients had minor injuries and were treated at the airport.

Due to the emergency landing, the airport has been closed for 24 hours to fix the runway.

“The rear right-side landing gear failed to drop, forcing the captain to make the emergency landing,” said General Authority of Civil Aviation spokesperson, Abdullah al-Khaybari.

WE SAID THIS: Kudos to the pilot for getting his passengers to safety.

Nour ElSayed

Nour El Sayed has always been fascinated by photography and art. She spends most of her time trying to combine both and ending up with a triumph. After receiving her AS in Graphic Design, she decided to integrate all three and hoping that one day her work could be widely exhibited. If there's one thing she learnt in life it's that “In a time of destruction, create something.”

She also finds it amusing to write her bio in the third person and happily indulges herself.

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