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A Saudi Arabian Airlines MD-11 cargo aircraft skidded onto the grass at Malta International Airport last night.
The large three-engined airliner ended up with part of its undercarriage stuck in the soft soil near a taxiway but no one was injured. The airport fire-fighters were deployed as a precaution.
The plane had flown in from Brussels on its way to Saudi Arabia.
It is expected to be pulled out this morning.