Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo quietly flew out of Saudi Arabia in the middle of the night aboard his luxury private jet, a massive Bombardier Global Express worth a staggering £61 million, just as the situation in the country turned dangerous.
The timing was alarming. While Ronaldo’s jet was taking off overnight, bombs were hitting the US Embassy in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia, where Ronaldo plays for Al-Nassr FC.
Iran Launches Drone Attacks on US Embassy & Bahrain Building
Two drone strikes were launched overnight, directly targeting the US Embassy. These drones were deliberately aimed at a major diplomatic target. The Iranian government itself was reporting and essentially taking credit for the attacks.
Iran also boldly announced that a staff building in Bahrain, a small but strategically important country in the Middle East — had been completely destroyed in a separate strike.
Thousands of foreigners, people from other countries living or visiting the Middle East, are packing up and rushing out of the region as fast as they can.
The reason? A bloody and violent conflict that has now been raging for four straight days with no signs of stopping. It’s getting so bad that even famous faces are caught in the middle of it.
Rio Ferdinand’s Frightening Experience
Rio Ferdinand, the legendary Manchester United defender and former teammate of Cristiano Ronaldo, openly admitted he was “scared”. And this is a man who spent his career facing the world’s best strikers without flinching.
He and his entire family were forced into a lockdown in Dubai because of terrifying missile strikes hitting dangerously close. He described the strikes as “frightening”.
His Bombardier Global Express took off at 8 pm and touched down in Madrid at almost 1 am. That’s a nearly seven-hour overnight flight covering thousands of miles across multiple countries.
Flightradar24 also showed the exact route the luxury aircraft took. The jet flew over Egypt and finally landed safely in Madrid, the Spanish capital.
