The Saudi Arabian Football Federation said on Monday its national team landed safely in the Russian city of Rostov after what it described as a minor technical fault in one of the engines.

Videos shared on social media appeared to show an aircraft that posters identified as the Saudi team's plane with its wing on fire while it was in the air.

"All the Saudi national team players are safe, after a technical failure in one of the airplane engines that has just landed," the federation said a statement on Twitter.

Flames were seen burning near the engine of Russian Airlines Airbus plane as Saudi Arabia flew to Rostov for their second World Cup group game against Uruguay.

The 12-year-old plane landed safely and no one was injured in the terrifying incident and the Saudi players were able to film themselves walking off the aircraft.