Aden Airport.. A plane on a flight to Egypt escapes Houthi missiles by meters at the moment of the attack

The Yemeni Minister of Information, Muammar Al-Eryani, announced the safety of a plane at Aden Airport that was preparing to take off on a flight to Egypt, the moment the Iranian-backed Houthi group launched its attack on the airport on Friday.

This came in a blog post by Al-Eryani on his page on the

He continued: "God's providence prevented a horrific humanitarian catastrophe that could have claimed the lives of dozens of innocent passengers. What happened is not just an attack on a civilian airport, but rather a direct threat to the lives of passengers and flight crews, the safety of air navigation, and a serious violation of international laws and norms."

He continued by saying, "Targeting a civilian airport that operates dozens of flights daily and transports patients seeking treatment, students seeking their future, expatriates returning to their families or departing for their work, and thousands of Yemenis who depend on it as an essential window to communicate with the world, is neither a military achievement nor a victory to be boasted of, but rather an assault on the right of Yemenis to life, movement, treatment, and education, and a direct threat to innocent lives and the safety of civil aviation."

He added: "The state, with the support and support of the brothers in the coalition to support legitimacy led by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, will continue steadfastly to protect our people, its institutions and vital facilities, end the Houthi threat, restore the state and establish security and stability in Yemen."