Aerospace Global News reports that six commercial aircraft were damaged in attacks at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport. It says a Saudia Airbus A320 (ICAO type code A320), parked at Terminal 4, caught fire following an attack on 8 October and was destroyed. A Riyadh Air Boeing 787 sustained damage to its nose after debris struck it on 10 October.
The report says airlines are evacuating aircraft worth as much as $4 billion from the Saudi capital. Flightradar24 data cited in the report showed 38 aircraft on the ground at Riyadh by midday on 14 October, compared with 134 earlier. Saudi authorities are investigating how the attacks penetrated the country’s air defences.
