Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — An Air Seychelles aircraft needed to make an emergency touchdown at King Abdulaziz Worldwide Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah after encountering a technical fault on Monday. The aircraft landed efficiently, and all of the passengers and crew are protected.
The KAIA introduced that the airport management tower had acquired a misery name from an Air Seychelles aircraft (No. SET022) to make an emergency touchdown after occurring a odor of smoke within the cockpit at 8:12 pm on Monday.
The airport confirmed {that a} quantity 2 state of emergency was declared with all of the readiness was in place to offer help to the aircraft. The emergency operational administration room on the airport was activated and the aircraft landed safely at 8:40 pm native time.
The KAIA mentioned in an announcement that Air Seychelles is working to safe a substitute aircraft, and the six crew members had been served and transferred to the lodge. All of the 128 passengers and three youngsters had been accommodated on the lodge of KAIA Terminal 1.