Lufthansa plane in accident in Saudi Arabia
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Your support makes all the difference.Lufthansa said one of its cargo planes was involved in an accident today in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh and Saudi witnesses and an airport official said it caught fire and crashed on landing.
Riyadh airport official Fahd al-Hamoud said the plane caught fire as it was landing, crashed and split in two halves. He said the pilot and co-pilot were lightly injured and were rushed to hospital. There was no further word on casualties.
A Lufthansa spokeswoman at the airline headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany said the plane did not crash but was involved in an accident. The spokeswoman said she could not yet provide further details.
The Arab satellite TV channel Al-Arabiya aired live footage from the airport showing the plane on fire and black smoke billowing into the sky.
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