Oman Air cancels flight to Basra after stampede

Muscat: The organising committee assigned for the transportation of Omani football fans to Basra, Republic of Iraq, has cancelled its flight via Oman Air, which was scheduled to take off at 2 pm MCT today.

This decision came due to the incident that occured in Basra Governorate, a stampede took place at the gates of a stadium hours before the start of the final match between Iraq and Oman.

 It is noteworthy that the stampede incident in the vicinity of the stadium resulted in the death of one person and the injury of 60 others.