KHARTOUM, 21 October — Adel Nasir Faraj, the man who tried to hijack a Saudi Arabian Airlines plane last week, received help from a Khartoum airport officer to smuggle the gun on board the flight, Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported. The paper said a video clip showed Muhammad Abdullah, the security officer, receiving the gun from Faraj before security check and then handing it over to him at the plane’s gate. The criminal court, where the case is being heard, has decided to examine the video clip that showed that Abdullah and Faraj had been moving together since Faraj’s entry into the airport terminal. Faraj has admitted bribing the officer to smuggle the gun onto the plane. Lawyers defending the Sudanese suspect claimed that their client was not aware of the Saudi man’s intention to hijack the plane. Faraj tried to hijack Saudia Flight 450 soon after it took off from Khartoum Airport on Oct. 15 on its way to Jeddah. Security officers on board the plane overpowered Faraj and foiled the hijack attempt.