A private Cessna aircraft, carrying 2 American pilots, crash landed near King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on December 3.
Khaled al-Khaibari, spokesperson for the General Authority of Civil Aviation, confirmed that the pilot asked for an emergency landing because the plane was running out of fuel. However, he could not make it to the airport and crash landed near the runway. The plane was travelling from Hurghada, Egypt at the time.
The pilot and the co-pilot, both U.S. citizens, sustained minor injuries and were taken to a hospital. Their names have not been released.
The aircraft’s right wing was slightly damaged.