Saudi football team lands safely after engine fault

Soccer Football – World Cup – Group A – Russia vs Saudi Arabia – Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia – June 14, 2018 Saudi Arabia team group before the match REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

The Saudi Arabian Football Federation said on Monday its national football team landed safely in the Russian city of Rostov.

This came after what it described as a minor technical fault in one of the engines of the plane flying the team to the Russian city.

Videos shared on social media appeared to show the plane’s wing on fire while it was in the air.