AN AIRCRAFT BELONGING TO SAUDI CIVIL DEFENSE CRASHED TODAY WHILE ON A MISSION IN WADI ALDAWASER, KILLING ITS FOUR-MEMBER CREW AND ANOTHER FOUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION TEAM ON BOARD, IT WAS REPORTED HERE TONIGHT.. IN A STATEMENT TO THE SAUDI PRESS AGENCY, THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CIVIL DEFENSE SAID THE CIVIL DEFENSE OPERATION ROOM LOST CONTACT AT 16:30 ON MONDAY WITH A CIVIL DEFENSE PLANE WHILE ON A MISSION IN WADI ALDAWASER. SEARCH TEAMS IMMEDIATELY CONDUCTED A SURVEY IN THE REGION TO FIND THE WRECKAGE OF THE PLANE COMPLETELY BURNT, RESULTING IN THE MARTYRDOM OF ITS CREW OF FOUR AN ANOTHER FOUR BELONGING TO A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION TEAM. AN INVESTIGATION TO REVEAL THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ACCIDENT IS UNDERWAY, THE REPORT SAID.