News anchor Abdullah Al-Shehri revealed details of the crash landing of the Saudi national team in Singapore after winning the Asian Cup in 1984.
Al-Shehri said during a meeting on the Al Lebanon program, “After the Kingdom won the Asian Cup of Nations in 1984, it was decided that we would fly with the Saudi delegation.”
He continued: “We got on the plane, the whole delegation, and the head of the delegation at that time was Dr. Nasser bin Saleh, and about half an hour later he spoke from the cabin on the internal speaker: “You guys, God bless you for good.”
He added: “We returned as soon as we landed at the airport. You know that journalists ignored everyone who went to the official and tried to contact some colleagues in the president. We knew the cause was a plane taking off from Singapore Airport to Riyadh. The captain was unable to return the wheels to normal, and we also knew that the aircraft had a malfunction.” from the Royal Flying Fleet to carry the mission.
He continued, “On the road, we found a story that most of the staff at the Singapore airport are of Chinese nationality, so it was said that those who handle ground services were the ones who tried to do it. sources, and in fact it was deliberate sabotage by the Chinese working at the airport.”