Saudi Soccer Team Safe After Rossiya Plane Engine Catches Fire
Saudi Arabia's national soccer team says its players are safe after an engine caught fire on their plane as it was landing in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, where they are due to play their next World Cup match.
Russia's aviation watchdog Rosaviatsya said late on June 18 that there was a brief fire in one of the engines as the plane was landing, and that it would investigate the incident, Russian news agencies reported.
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Saudi media footage and videos posted online appeared to show one of the engines catching fire, but a spokesman for the airline, Rossiya, denied a fire had occurred and said the accident was caused by a bird strike.
