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Yemen minister says two missiles fell 500 meters from passenger plane in Aden
Yemen authorities said two missiles reportedly fired at Aden International Airport fell about 500 meters from a passenger plane preparing for a flight to Cairo. No one was killed in the attack, which marked the second time the airport had been targeted in 10 days.
A passenger plane preparing to fly to Cairo was waiting for takeoff at Aden International Airport when two missiles fell during the attack, Yemen authorities said. No one was killed in the incident on Friday.
Yemen Information Minister Muammar al-Iryani said Yemenia Airways Flight 612 from Aden to Cairo was in the targeted area. Al-Iryani said one of the missiles fell about 500 meters from the plane and about 100 meters from the middle section of the runway, and welcomed the fact that no passengers or crew members were harmed.
Al-Iryani said the attack posed a serious threat to civil aviation security. The minister said Aden Airport serves numerous flights every day and is used by patients, students, Yemenis living abroad and thousands of people traveling outside the country.
Airport targeted for second time in 10 days
Yemen’s Transport Ministry said the attack was the second on Aden International Airport in 10 days. The ministry said one missile fell near the western gate in the direction of the runway, while the other landed northwest of the airport.
The Yemenia Airways plane preparing for takeoff was evacuated during the attack. Another passenger plane operated by Fly Aden, arriving from Cairo, was in the air at the time.
The ministry said attacks on the airport put the safety of civilians and commercial flights at risk. It called on the United Nations, the international community and civil aviation organizations to condemn the attacks and help protect civilian airports.
Security Directorate says no one was killed
The Aden Security Directorate said two missiles fell inside the airport complex. Initial information indicated that no one was killed, while investigations by the relevant agencies are continuing.
The directorate said the recurrence of similar incidents at the airport complex posed a serious threat to civilian facilities and air traffic.
Different accounts concerning Badr Camp and Bureika
Yemen’s Information Ministry said the area around Badr Camp, adjacent to Aden Airport, was also targeted. Local sources said three explosions were heard in Aden and that the headquarters of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen in the Bureika district was also targeted.
Local sources said two missiles fell near the military runway at Badr Camp, adjacent to the airport, while another missile fell on the coalition camp in Bureika. No statement was made on the extent of the material damage caused by the attack.
A military source affiliated with the Houthis claimed that a military headquarters and weapons depots at Badr Camp in Aden had been targeted. That statement did not mention the passenger plane at the airport.
Successive attacks in Aden
The airport attack came a day after the Maashiq Presidential Palace in Aden was targeted with ballistic missiles. Yemen Health Minister Qasim Bahibeh said five people, including palace guards and civilian employees, were killed and 16 were injured in Thursday’s attack.
Yemen’s Transport Ministry had said Aden International Airport was targeted with two ballistic missiles and drones on the seventh day of the same month. One of the missiles fell near the runway, and the route of a civilian flight arriving from Cairo was diverted to Jeddah.
The Yemeni government held the Houthis responsible for the attack, while the group said Saudi military supply points near Badr Camp had been targeted.
Background to the conflict in Yemen
The attacks around Aden, which began in July, are viewed as part of a broader military escalation in Yemen compared with the relative calm that followed the 2022 ceasefire.
The war in Yemen began after the Houthis seized control of the capital, Sanaa, and several provinces in September 2014. A Saudi-led Arab coalition intervened in the conflict in March 2015 to support the Yemeni government.
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