XtraTime Web Desk: Though in various social media it was shown that Saudi Arabia football team’s plane caught fire they have safely reached Rostov-on-Don.
The team have reached there safely to play their second World Cup despite a “technical failure” with the team’s aircraft, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation has said.
In the social media it was seen that the engines of the plane caught fire.
Saudi Arabia national team plane suffered an engine breakdown during the flight from Moscow to Rostov-on-Don and caught fire while landing
Thankfully no one was hurt or injured
( ?via @ahdaafme)pic.twitter.com/nUbix3If4w— Ladbrokes (@Ladbrokes) June 18, 2018
But in a statement released via Twitter, the national governing body confirmed nobody was hurt in the incident.
“The Saudi Arabian Football Federation would like to reassure everyone that all the Saudi national team players are safe, after a technical failure in one of the airplane engines that has just landed in Rostov-on-Don airport, and now they’re heading to their residence safely,” a statement said.
After losing their first Group A game 5-0 against hosts Russia, Saudi Arabia take on Uruguay on Wednesday in their second World Cup fixture.