Houthis targeted Aden Airport: Passengers were evacuated

In the statement made on the Facebook account of the Aden Provincial Police Department, it was stated that the Houthis targeted Aden International Airport with 2 missiles.

It was stated in the statement that the Houthis endangered the lives of both passengers and airport employees with the missile attack, and that according to initial findings, there was no loss of life in the attack.

In the statement, it was noted that security measures have been increased at Aden International Airport and its surroundings, and it was reminded that Aden International Airport is a civilian airport serving the temporary capital Aden as well as surrounding provinces.

In the written statement made by the Yemen Ministry of Transport, it was noted that the Iranian-backed Houthis targeted the terminal building and runway at Aden International Airport with 2 ballistic missiles and several kamikaze UAVs.

The statement emphasized that one of the ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis fell near the runway of the Cairo-Aden flight a few minutes before landing, and the following statements were made:

"This attack could have turned a civilian flight into a terrible humanitarian disaster and caused dozens of innocent people to lose their lives in an instant. Following the attacks, the landing of the plane coming from Cairo at Aden International Airport was canceled and diverted to Jeddah."

In the statement, it was stated that the danger was not limited to this and that the attack took place while there were many passengers waiting at the airport for the Aden-Jeddah flight, and that 2 passenger planes waiting on the other runway at the time of the attack were also transferred to a safe place.

It was stated in the statement that some other UAVs belonging to the Houthis were detected in the skies of Aden, and that the passengers at Aden International Airport were evacuated against the possibility of new attacks.

In the statement, it was emphasized that the attacks carried out with missiles and UAVs during the landing and take-off hours of passenger planes are violations that disregard the lives of civilians, and said, "We consider the attack carried out by the terrorist Houthis as a dangerous escalation and a clear violation of international laws and norms that guarantee the protection of civil aviation, airports and civilian facilities from hostile acts. This situation also poses a direct threat to the security of air navigation and the lives of passengers and employees in the aviation sector."

In the statement of the Yemen Ministry of Transport, the international community and international organizations related to civil aviation, especially the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), were called to assume their responsibilities for the protection of civilian facilities and commercial aviation from military targets.