Riyadh: A Saudi Airways pilot died of heart attack on board a flight from Bicha airport to King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.
Saudi Airways director-general Saleh Nasser Al-Jasser mourned the death of pilot Walid bin Mohammed Al-Mohammed.
Co-pilot Rami Ghazi Batabara requested an emergency landing and safely landed the plane after alerting the control tower.
A medical team examined Walid bin Mohammed Al-Mohammed as soon as the plane landed at midnight and confirmed his death due to cardiac arrest.
An Arab doctor who was travelling in the plane was requested to examine the pilot who fainted at 11.40pm.
The Saudi Airways issued a statement saying that passengers were not exposed to any danger whatsoever during the flight, reported local Arabic daily Al-Riyadh.
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