A Saudi Arabian airline said an A330 plane was involved in an ‘accident’ at Khartoum airport in Sudan

A Saudi Arabian airline said an A330 plane was involved in an ‘accident’ at Khartoum airport in Sudan

Two people have reportedly died at Khartoum airport while a Saudi airline said one of its planes was involved in an accident after violence broke out on Saturday. Two planes were damaged at the Sudanese capital's international airport as conflict between the army and paramilitaries escalated. Saudia, formerly called Saudi Arabian Airlines, saying one of its Airbus A330 jets was "involved in an accident" at the airport before a flight to Riyadh. Saudia also said it had halted flights to and from Sudan following the incident. Sudan's doctors' union issued a Facebook post saying two civilians had been killed at the airport during fighting, though it did not confirm how, per and . appeared to show smoke coming from two planes emitting smoke at the airport, as did images issued by news agency AFP. , the other plane damaged in the shelling was a Ukraine-based SkyUp 737, operating on behalf of airline Sunwing. another Saudia jet was very close to landing in Khartoum before diverting back to Jeddah in Saudia Arabia. Fighting has broken out in Sudan after a month of escalating tensions following a military coup in October 2021. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken he was deeply concerned