Pilot steers plane to safety after smoke detected in engine

Chennai: A Jeddah-bound Saudi Airlines flight with 182 passengers on board was aborted on Monday just before take off after the pilot detected smoke in one of its
engines and steered the plane to safety, airport officials said.

According to the officials, the plane was moving on the runway when the pilot detected the smoke and immediately contacted the control room to steer it back to the parking
bay.

All the passengers were immediately evacuated from the plane, which was parked in the bay, to enable experts to attend to the technical fault, they said.
The flight took off after a three-hour delay, they said.

PTI