Saudia flight aborts takeoff after engine smoke

Riyadh: A Jeddah-bound Saudi Arabian Airlines flight with 182 passengers on board aborted takeoff at India’s Chennai airport on Monday after the pilot detected smoke coming from one of its engines.
All passengers were evacuated from the aircraft and no injuries were reported.
According to reports from India, the plane was taxiing on the runway for takeoff when the pilot detected smoke. He immediately contacted the control tower to steer it back to a parking bay.
Last month, a Saudia flight to the Indian town of Kochi was forced to return to Dammam’s King Fahd International Airport following a technical malfunction mid-flight. The pilot was forced to make a U-turn one hour into the flight after being alerted of a technical fault by the aircraft’s flight monitoring devices.
In May, a Saudia plane made an emergency landing in the southern Najran province after the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit.
26/07/10 Ghazanfar Alikhan/Arab News

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