Abu Dhabi airport authorities reported an incident involving an airport owned vehicle in Abu Dhabi airport late this afternoon.

In a statement released on Twitter, airport authorities confirmed the incident involving a supply vehicle, however stating operations continued as normal and flight schedules were not affected.

International news suggests Yemen’s Houthis have claimed responsibility for a drone attack, whereby three drones were launched 1,500 kilometres towards UAE’s capital, however AUH did not reference a drone attack in its statement.

Abu Dhabi Airport released this statement

Abu Dhabi Airports can confirm that there has been an incident involving a supply vehicle in Terminal 1 airside area of the airport at approximately 4:00 pm today.This incident has not affected operations at AUH and flights continue to arrive and depart as scheduled. (1/2)

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The situation is being monitored

Abu Dhabi Airports will continue to monitor the situation with the concerned authorities and further updates will be made available in due course. (2/2)

— Abu Dhabi Airport (@AUH) July 26, 2018