- JEDDAH: A Jeddah-bound Saudi Arabian Airlines flight was canceled on Tuesday morning and all passengers on board were evacuated at King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh after a passenger claimed there was a bomb on the plane.
The passenger, a woman, is thought to have made the claim because she decided at the last minute not to travel to Jeddah. The plane was evacuated as a precautionary measure.
Abdullah Al-Ajhar, head of the public relations department at Saudi Arabian Airlines, confirmed the incident.
He said when the woman was asked to remain in her seat she claimed there was a bomb planted on board.
Passengers were then evacuated and accommodated on a subsequent flight two hours later. There were 298 passengers on board.
Al-Ajhar added that the woman was being questioned about her behavior.
