A flight from Saudi Arabia with about 250 passengers, including Hajj pilgrims, had a technical problem while landing in Lucknow. The Saudi Arabia Airlines flight developed a snag, and smoke was seen coming out of its left wheel during landing at Lucknow airport.

The fault in the wheel was likely caused by a leak in the hydraulic system. The flight, an Airbus A330-343, had left Jeddah at 10:45 pm and landed at Lucknow around 6:50 am, as per Flightradar24 data. All passengers were safely evacuated, and there were no injuries reported.

In another serious incident, a Lufthansa flight going to Hyderabad had to return to Frankfurt due to a bomb threat. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner had taken off from Frankfurt at 2:14 pm local time on Sunday and was scheduled to land at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport early Monday.

The bomb threat was received about two hours after the flight took off, according to sources. However, Lufthansa later told the news agency ANI, “It was forced to turn around since it did not receive a permit to land in Hyderabad.”

Last Thursday, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner operated by Air India crashed into a building, killing all except one passenger.

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