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Measures and incidents involving the protection of civil aircraft, airports and flight crews from hijacking, sabotage and insider threats.
Saudi Arabia's Energy Ministry confirmed a hit on an Aramco office building in Dhahran, days after 14 died at Riyadh's airport. The Houthis also claim a Riyadh refinery, and the damage confirmed so far is to an airport and an office building.
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Houthi strikes on King Khalid International Airport killed more than a dozen people, Semafor reported, a week before Riyadh Season opens. For Gulf operators the exposure is duration, and a Semafor columnist now calls the conflict a 'forever war'.
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Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport shut after an attack killed 12 people on Saturday. Within hours President Trump said the US "may" join Saudi strikes on the Houthis, a step that would take Washington from backing the Saudi offensive to fighting in it.
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Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree named every Saudi airport outside Mecca and Medina a potential target, a day after a strike killed 12 at Riyadh's airport. For Gulf aviation the cost so far is closed airports and cancelled flights from three neighbours, and how far it spreads depends on whether US forces join Saudi strikes.
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FlyDubai's copilot allegedly stabbed the captain of Flight FZ1073 to Tel Aviv, with 182 people aboard a jet that fell about 17,000 feet. Netanyahu blames a loophole in vetting foreign pilots, so Israel must choose between screening crews harder and enforcing rules already agreed.
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FlyDubai's Israel-bound jet fell 16,000 feet in about a minute after one pilot stabbed the other, Benjamin Netanyahu said. If his account holds, the defence that failed was the airline's vetting of its own pilots.
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