Yemen Rebels Say Raid Destroys Airport Navigation Aids
Muhammad Rameez Published November 14, 2017 | 11:35 PM
Authorities in Yemen's rebel-controlled capital said a Saudi-led air strike on Tuesday destroyed a navigation station at Sanaa airport
Sanaa, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Nov, 2017 ) :Authorities in Yemen's rebel-controlled capital said a Saudi-led air strike on Tuesday destroyed a navigation station at Sanaa airport, which is critical to receiving already limited aid shipments.
The strike "led to the total destruction of the VOR/DME radio navigation system, taking it offline and thus halting the only flights at Sanaa airport -- those of the United Nations and other international organisations delivering humanitarian assistance," the rebel-run General Authority for Civil Aviation said in a statement.
AFP was unable to immediately confirm the report. Saudi Arabia and its allies tightened a longstanding blockade of Yemen's land, sea and air borders a week ago in response to a missile fired by the Iran-backed Huthi rebels that was intercepted near Riyadh international airport.
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