A Saudi Arabian airlines passenger plane, bound for Madinah, was forced to make an emergency landing at Cairo International Airport due to bad weather conditions.

The Flight 829 was on its way to the Saudi city from Alexandria's Borg Al-Arab airport, said an official source from the Saudi airways company.

The pilot had to divert the plane and make an emergency landing in Cairo after he was alerted about the bad weather conditions in Alexandria, it added.-TradeArabia News Service