Saudi airliner accident injures 29
Landing gear on Boeing 767-300 fails as plane arrives at Medina airport
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s aviation authority said 29 people were injured in an accident involving one of its state carrier’s jetliners after a landing gear failure.
General Authority for Civil Aviation spokesman Khaled bin Abdullah Khaybari told the official Saudi Press Agency that the Saudi Arabian Airlines flight from Iran suffered a landing gear failure prior to landing early Sunday at Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz International Airport in the western city of Medina.
Khaybari told the news agency the Boeing 767-300 plane was carrying 315 passengers.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press
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