Jet flight aborts take-off, skids off runway

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Mumbai: A Mumbai-bound Jet Airways flight with 142 passengers onboard skidded off the runway during take-off at Riyadh airport.
All the passengers and seven crew members onboard were safely evacuated.
Jet airways sources said that the pilot had aborted the take off after he spotted an 'object' on the runway. The plane skidded off while it was trying to come to a halt.
All aboard the 9W523 Riyadh-Mumbai flight were deboarded and shifted to the terminal building.
The airline said that it was working out alternate travel arrangements for the passengers from Riyadh.
Jet Airways has reported the matter to India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation and said it was fully cooperating with all concerned authorities.
It added that the airline's operations across the network, including its other services from and to Riyadh, remain unaffected.