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| Date: | Wednesday 7 April 2010 |
| Time: | 13:35 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas MD-90 |
| Owner/operator: | Saudi Arabian Airlines |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 150 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Tabuk -
 Saudi Arabia
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | TUU |
| JED | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
After an extraordinarily steep take-off, passengers heard a loud sputtering of the engines. The plane then tipped steeply to the right, then swung back and tipped steeply to the left, before an emergency landing was made.
Sources:
My husband was on the flight.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2010 11:04 | Sasoon | Added |
| 08-Apr-2010 21:02 | VAR | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 09-Apr-2010 01:42 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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