🎥 Saudi Arabia plane catches fire as team travel for Uruguay match

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Lewis Ambrose·18 June 2018

🎥 Saudi Arabia plane catches fire as team travel for Uruguay match

The Saudi Arabian Football Federation have calmed fears after the team’s plane caught fire on Monday.

An engine on an airplane carrying the team to Rostov suffered a technical failure as they landed.

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A video of the failure was posted online and clearly showed a wing of the plane catching fire.

📹 PASSENGER FOOTAGE: Watch #KSA plane engine catching fire as they land in Rostov-on-Don for their #WorldCup matchday 2 game against #URU . pic.twitter.com/Yq3QQ1MtZ1
– Monday, 18 June 2018

Thankfully the Saudi Football Federation have confirmed the team are safe and were on their way to their hotel on Monday evening.

📄| 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.
– Monday, 18 June 2018

Saudi Arabia are in Rostov to face Uruguay in their second Group A match on Wednesday.

Having lost their opening game 5-0 to Russia, they will need to respond with a big performance against the South American side to have any chance of progressing from the group stage.