Algerian authorities said Saturday that they had allowed a Saudi aircraft to land at Algiers International Airport in order to get medical help to a very sick Moroccan passenger.
The Algerian Health Ministry said, in a press release, that the country's leadership had permitted a Saudi Airlines plane to land at Algiers Airport as a Moroccan woman pilgrim, 76, had suffered some acute health troubles while it was flying over Algeria.
The Moroccan passenger was immediately taken to a hospital in eastern Algiers, where she was given necessary medical care, it said, adding that "her condition is stable".
Source: Kuwait News Agency