90 with eight crew members on board veered off the runway here on landing and plowed into a sand pit Friday afternoon. There were no passengers on board the Saudi Arabian Airlines aircraft and none of the crew was injured though the accident “greatly damaged” the plane's left wing, said Abdul Hameed Bin Hammad Abal ‘Ariy, spokesman of the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA). Flight 9061 from King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah arrived at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh at 3.56 PM, touched down on Runway 15 Left and swerved to the right, cutting across the subsidiary runway G4 and coming to a halt with its nose dug into a sandy area to the south of subsidiary Gateway G4. The plane's left wing, which took the weight of its tilted position, was “greatly damaged,” Abal ‘Ariy said. Fire engines rushed to the site. The crew escaped using the emergency inflatable slides. GACA's Safety Management Department is investigating.
