Saudi Airlines with 297 aboard catches fire, emergency landing at Peshawar Airport
Peshawar: A Saudi Airlines plane with 297 passengers on board caught fire during its landing at Peshawar International Airport. The incident was attributed to a problem with the aircraft's landing gear.
All passengers and crew members were safely evacuated, and no casualties have been reported. The flight, which originated from Riyadh, encountered smoke emanating from one of its tires as it landed.
Saudi Airlines issued a statement confirming the incident: "Saudia clarifies that its aircraft, flying from Riyadh to Peshawar on flight SV792, experienced smoke emanating from one of the tires during landing at Peshawar International Airport in Pakistan."
The airline said that the aircraft was immediately halted and relevant authorities were notified. "All guests and crew were safely evacuated through the evacuation slide. The aircraft is now undergoing technical evaluation by specialists," the statement added.
Images posted on social media by Global Defense Insight show parts of the aircraft visibly charred. Their post noted the immediate response from the Air Traffic Controller and Fire and Rescue Services, who extinguished the fire and prevented a major accident.
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Fake notes with 'movie shooting purpose only' written on them send police into tizzy in Sirsi
Sirsi (Karnataka), Apr 8 (PTI): The police in Uttar Kannada went into a tizzy on Tuesday after they found fake currency notes of Rs 500 denomination from a house in Dandeli with 'movie shooting purpose only' written on them.
Based on a tip-off, police searched a rented house at Gandhinagar in Dandeli and confiscated the fake currency notes along with a money counting machine.
Arshad Khan, who is said to be from Goa, was staying as a tenant in the house belonging to Noorjan Jhunjuwadkar, police said.
Police were informed after Jhunjuwadkar noticed that Khan was absent from the house for the past one month.
The fake currency notes had the inscription 'Reverse Bank of India' on them, but did not have the signature of the RBI governor, police said.
The notes were printed on a shining paper with only zeros written in the place of the number, and 'movie shooting purpose only' inscribed on them, police said.
A hunt is on to trace Khan to question him about the seizure, they added.
