Yemen's transport ministry said Houthi missiles and drones hit near the Aden airport runway. The landing was cancelled and the aircraft was diverted to Jeddah.
Yemen's Houthis attacked Aden's international airport with ballistic missiles and explosive-laden drones on Wednesday, the country's transport ministry said, Reuters reported. One missile landed near the runway minutes before a flight from Cairo was due to land. Authorities cancelled the landing and diverted the aircraft to Jeddah, and moved two planes on the runway away from the area.
Aden International Airport is the main international gateway for parts of Yemen outside Houthi control. There was no immediate comment from the Houthis in the Reuters dispatch. The ministry's account is the basis of the strike report.
Reuters described the fighting as a spillover of a wider conflict involving the United States and Iran, with Saudi-backed forces trying to reverse gains by the Iran-aligned Houthis. The agency said the violence had caused mass displacement and worsened hunger. It did not give a casualty figure for the airport strike.
The item is assigned to World because Yemen is outside this brief's country list and no single listed country is the location of the strike.
No reopening time for the runway was included in the report. The diverted Cairo flight was the immediate operational consequence cited by the ministry.