BREAKING: Abu Dhabi Airport ‘Incident’ Not The Work Of Yemen’s Houthis

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)

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

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