Planes flying to Riyadh turned back

On Thursday night, two Turkish planes flying from Istanbul to Riyadh were forced to return to their departure airports. As reported to RIA Novosti at two Istanbul airports, we are talking about flights of Turkish Airlines and AJet.

Earlier, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia reported that in two days, three people were killed and another 36 were injured as a result of Yemeni attacks on the airports of Abha and Riyadh.

According to Istanbul Airport IST, flights TK246 and TK140 returned. TK246 took off at 21:59 Moscow time, but turned around 35 minutes later and landed in Istanbul at 23:20. The reasons for the turnaround and the time of the new departure at the airport were not specified. TK140 departed at 20:43, turning around after about two hours of flight while in northern Saudi Arabia; his arrival in Istanbul is expected at 02:00 Moscow time.

The crew of AJet flight VF213 did the same: it took off at 21:47 from Sabiha Gokcen Airport, turned around 50 minutes later and landed in Istanbul around 00:10 Moscow time. The Pegasus flight scheduled for 00:25 was rescheduled for 05:15. At the same time, the Saudi Flynas plane from Istanbul arrived in Riyadh on schedule at 00:40 Moscow time.