Saudi authorities said Thursday's strikes on Riyadh airport killed three people, damaged a Saudia aircraft and led airlines to cancel flights. Air traffic later returned to normal.
Thursday's attacks on Riyadh airport killed three people, Saudi authorities said on Friday, Reuters reported. The strikes injured several others, damaged a Saudia aircraft and sent smoke over the airport, and many airlines cancelled flights to the capital.
The BBC said the General Authority of Civil Aviation reported two attacks on Thursday, the first on the airport and the second on a Saudia aircraft. Saudia said one of those killed was an employee; the BBC said the airline identified a pilot among the dead. The civil aviation authority said air traffic later returned to normal.
Reuters said Yemen's Houthis had stepped up missile strikes and tried to shut Saudi airspace in a war tied to the U.S.-Iran conflict. A Saudi-led coalition said it had destroyed three Houthi missile launch platforms and warned it would respond to attacks on civilians.
The Houthis said they also targeted an airport in Najran and Khamis Mushait air base, the BBC reported. Saudi Arabia had not confirmed those claims. Three people had already been killed in Houthi attacks on Saudi airports on 6 and 7 October, including two dead and 28 wounded at Abha, the civil aviation body said.
Saudi Arabia is outside this brief's country list, so the row is filed as World. The death toll is the authorities' figure.
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- The Saudi civil aviation authority said air traffic at Riyadh airport had returned to normal.
- A Saudi-led coalition said it would respond firmly to attacks on civilians.