Boeing has sent a team of specialists to Saudi Arabia to assist with investigating an incident in which a Saudi Arabian Airlines 777-200ER suffered damage to its starboard wing during a service to Riyadh last week.

While details of the incident are sketchy, the aircraft was operating the domestic Jeddah-Riyadh route on 10 March.

Video images recorded by a passenger on board the aircraft clearly show a structural component protruding through the upper wing surface, forward of the aircraft’s inboard spoilers.

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