Drivers were shocked as they watched.

"Police received a telephone call at 2:30 am from a witness reporting the fall of human remains at an intersection in Mushrefa neighborhood," an airline spokesperson said in a statement.

It’s believed a man tried to stow away on the plane and was hiding in the landing gear wheel well before things went terribly wrong.

A Saudi Arabian airliner was forced to make an emergency landing near the Red Sea yesterday when the pilot reported having trouble with the rear landing gear.

Although there is no official word that the two are connected, many believe it has to be.

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29 people were hurt when the plane landed.

Officials say it’s not uncommon for people to attempt to flee the country by stowing away.

In most cases the person freezes to death in the unprotected, unpressurized wheel well.

But there are some instances of some surviving the ordeal and being found when the plane lands.

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