The team tweeted pictures of their safe landing

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Players and officials of Saudi Arabia have arrived safely in Rostov-on-Don for their match with Uruguay on Wednesday after an engine on their plane caught fire.

Saudi Arabia were beaten heavily by hosts Russia in the opening game of the tournament last week.

A Saudi Arabia statement said: "All the Saudi national team players have arrived safely and currently are staying in their residence.

"The fire was merely an accident."</s>The Saudi Arabian World Cup team landed safely in Rostov-on-Don Monday night after photos posted by passengers on social media appeared to show a fire on the wing of the aircraft.

A statement from the Saudi Football Federation called the fire “a technical failure in one of the airplane engines” and later “merely an accident.” The team’s Twitter account published photos of players disembarking the plane and carrying their luggage.

The photographs and video of the plane as it landed certainly look frightening. Airline Rossiya said in a statement the cause of the malfunction was a bird flying into the engine, according to The Guardian.

The Green Falcons were flying from St. Petersburg for a match against Uruguay on Wednesday. The Saudis lost to host nation Russia to open the month-long tournament last Thursday.

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Liverpool soccer fans are quite literally singing the praises of a Muslim player</s>The team were flying to Rostov-on-Don for their second match, against Uruguay today, after they were thrashed 5-0 by Russia in the opening game of the tournament

The plane carrying Saudi Arabia's World Cup team suffered a fire in one of its engines as the players flew to Rostov-on-Don for their next match, the Saudi football federation said Monday. The aircraft landed safely after what one of the Saudi players called a simple malfunction.

"It was a small fire in one of the engines, the right engine, but the plane landed safely," association president Ahmad Al Harbi said. One of the Saudi players, Hatan Bahbir, said in a video on the federation's Twitter account: "We arrived safely and we are all fine... it was a simple malfunction'." In the video, someone off-camera asks him if he was scared. He replies: "No, no. Well, of course we were scared a bit, but thank God."

The Saudi Arabian Football Federation said in a statement it "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". The team were flying to Rostov-on-Don for their second match, against Uruguay today, after they were thrashed 5-0 by Russia in the opening game of the tournament.

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Saudi Arabia football team were flying to Rostov-on-Don for their second match, against Uruguay on Wednesday, after they were thrashed 5-0 by Russia in the opening game of the tournament. (Photo: Twitter / Saudi Arabia national football team)

Rostov-On-Don: Saudi Arabia’s national soccer team landed safely in Rostov-on-Don, Russia on Monday evening, after an apparent engine fire on the plane carrying the players to a World Cup match.

Russia’s aviation watchdog Rosaviatsya said that during the landing there was a brief fire on one of the engines and that it would investigate the incident, Interfax reported. Social and Saudi media footage also appeared to show one of the engines catching fire, but a spokesman for airline Rossiya denied a fire had occurred and said the fault was due to a bird strike.

The team were travelling on a Rossiya Airbus (AIR.PA) A319 from St Petersburg to Rostov-on-Don, where they are due to play their second Group A match against Uruguay on Wednesday.

As it came in to land, the plane “suffered a technical fault with one of its engines, with a bird getting caught seen as the preliminary cause,” a Rossiya airlines spokesman said in a statement.

Reports of a fire in one of the engines were incorrect, the spokesman added.

“Nothing threatened the safety of the passengers. The aircraft’s landing took place in a routine fashion. No warning was sounded during the landing.”

Videos shared on social media showed an aircraft that posters identified as the Saudi team’s plane with its wing on fire while it was in the air.

The footage, which Reuters was unable to verify independently, was shared by civil aviation monitoring website Airlive.net, which said the fire broke out on the approach to Rostov airport.

A video on the social media account of Saudi local paper Al Yaum showed flames issuing from under the plane’s starboard wing against the dark backdrop of the sky, with the wing glowing bright orange.

A photograph shared by state-owned Saudi television channel al-Ekhbariya, also taken from inside the plane, showed a flame shooting out from under the wing just as it was touching down on the landing strip.

The Saudi federation released photographs of the players smiling and looking calm as they boarded a bus for the Mercure Hotel in central Rostov.

“All the Saudi national team players are safe, after a technical failure in one of the airplane engines ... and now they’re heading to their residence safely,” it said in a statement on Twitter.

The team, who are making their first appearance at the World Cup since 2006, suffered the biggest defeat in the tournament so far when they were thrashed 5-0 by hosts Russia in the opening game in Moscow on Thursday.

“I want to reassure you that we got to Rostov safely, it was a simple technical fault in the airplane but thank God we are now in the hotel and things are good,” Osama Hawsawi, captain of the Saudi team, said in a video shared on social media.

“The whole delegation is well,” midfielder Hattan Bahebri said in a video shared on the team’s official Twitter page. “Of course, we were a bit frightened, but thank God,” he added, laughing.</s>ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia: The plane carrying Saudi Arabia’s World Cup team suffered a fire in one of its engines as the players flew to Rostov-on-Don for their next match, the Saudi football federation said Monday.

The aircraft landed safely after what one of the Saudi players called a “simple malfunction”. “It was a small fire in one of the engines, the right engine, but the plane landed safely,” association president Ahmad Al Harbi told Saudi sports TV channel KSA. One of the Saudi players, Hatan Bahbir, said in a video on the federation’s Twitter account: “We arrived safely and we are all fine... it was a simple malfunction’.”

In the video, someone off-camera asks him if he was scared. He replies: “No, no. Well, of course we were scared a bit, but thank God.”

The Saudi Arabian Football Federation said in a statement it “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”.The team were flying to Rostov-on-Don for their second match, against Uruguay on Wednesday, after they were thrashed 5-0 by Russia in the opening game of the tournament.</s>The Saudi Arabian Football Federation posted on Twitter after their landing saying how they 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 later post added: "According to the Saudi Arabian Football Federation, all the Saudi national team players have arrived safely in Rostov-on-Don this afternoon to play against Uruguay, and currently are staying in their residence.

"The fire was merely an accident."

Photos were posted of the team's arrival and of players smiling as they exited the plane.

But videos seeming taken on board the plane appeared to show flames emerging from underneath one of the wings.

Airline Rossiya claimed that the preliminary cause of malfunction was a bird flying into the engine.

Both appeared to be working by the time the plane landed, however.

In 2009, all 155 passengers and crew on board US Airways Flight 1549 survived after a crash-landing in the Hudson River after the plane flew into a flock of geese at low altitude - disabling both engines.

Saudi Arabia were thrashed 5-0 by Russia in the opening match of the World Cup in Moscow last week.

They are playing Uruguay tomorrow in their second match in Group A.</s>MOSCOW (AP) - Officials say an engine of a Russian plane carrying the Saudi Arabian soccer team to a World Cup host city has caught fire during landing, but nobody was hurt.

Russia's federal agency for air traffic said in a statement that the Airbus airplane flying from St. Petersburg to the southern city of Rostov-on-Don landed safely Monday evening and did not require any emergency procedures.

Tuesday's statement said the passenger plane landed with both of its engines working and the passengers disembarked normally. An investigation into the incident has begun.

Saudi Arabia plays Uruguay in Rostov-on-Don on Wednesday. Russia is hosting the World Cup in 11 cities.</s>The Saudi Arabian national team’s rough start to World Cup continued on Tuesday, as the team’s plane caught fire in midair. Flames were spotted coming out of the engine of the Russian Airlines Airbus that was carrying the Saudi team to Rostov, where it is set to face Uruguay on Wednesday.

Thankfully, the plane landed safely at Rostov-on-Don Airport and no one was harmed.

The Saudi Football Association issued a statement saying that “The Saudi Football Federation wishes to reassure everyone about the safety of all the members of the mission of the national team after a minor technical malfunction in an engine.”

The statement was followed up by a tweet from the federation’s official Twitter account.

While the incident was alarming, to say the least, just watch the video in the below tweet, it seems no one onboard the Airbus A319-100 was hurt. The Saudi team was seen calmly leaving the plane on its way to the team hotel in Rostov.

Saudi Arabia was drawn into Group A and lost its World Cup opener 5-0 to host nation Russia. It is set to face Luis Suarez’s Uruguay on Wednesday before concluding group play next week against Egypt.

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• Bugs swarm field in Russia before England-Tunisia match</s>Officials say an engine of a Russian airplane carrying Saudi Arabia's soccer team to a World Cup host city caught fire during landing, but nobody was hurt

MOSCOW (AP) — Officials say an engine of a Russian plane carrying the Saudi Arabian soccer team to a World Cup host city has caught fire during landing, but nobody was hurt.

Russia’s federal agency for air traffic said in a statement that the Airbus airplane flying from St. Petersburg to the southern city of Rostov-on-Don landed safely Monday evening and did not require any emergency procedures.

Tuesday’s statement said the passenger plane landed with both of its engines working and the passengers disembarked normally. An investigation into the incident has begun.

Saudi Arabia plays Uruguay in Rostov-on-Don on Wednesday. Russia is hosting the World Cup in 11 cities.</s>The playing body and the officials of the Saudi Arabia's 2018 FIFA World Cup team were left in shock after the plane carrying them caught fire on Monday.

The incident happened when the team flew to Rostov-on-Don for their next match.

The aircraft landed safely after what one of the Saudi players called a "simple malfunction".

"It was a small fire in one of the engines, the right engine, but the plane landed safely," association president Ahmad Al Harbi told Saudi sports TV channel KSA.

One of the Saudi players, Hatan Bahbir, said in a video on the federation's Twitter account: "We arrived safely and we are all fine... it was a simple malfunction'."

In the video, someone off-camera asks him if he was scared. He replies: "No, no. Well, of course we were scared a bit, but thank God."

The Saudi Arabian Football Federation said in a statement it "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".

Saudi Arabia will face Uruguay in their second group A game, after their opening day 0-5 mauling by hosts Russia
An engine on the Saudi Arabian team's plane catches fire; the plane lands safely in Rostov-on-Don for the team's Wednesday match with Uruguay.