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Cruise missiles over Riyadh: Yemen's Houthis claim they struck King Khalid International Airport, Europe's aviation watchdog widened its no-fly warning over Saudi Arabia, and carriers including Lufthansa, Etihad and flydubai pulled flights — with nearly half of Riyadh's Thursday departures cancelled.

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00:00Saudi Arabia's skies are under fire, and airlines are fleeing.
00:04Yemen's Houthis claim they hit Riyadh's airport with cruise missiles,
00:07and smoke rose from the tarmac. Europe's aviation watchdog just widened its no-fly
00:12warning over Saudi Arabia. One global flight safety group went further,
00:16telling airlines to avoid the kingdom entirely. The strikes turned deadly,
00:20and Thursday alone saw nearly half of Riyadh's departures cancelled.
00:24Now Lufthansa is grounded through October 16, and Etihad and Fly Dubai cancelled flight
00:29after flight. The Houthis warned carriers to stay out of Saudi airspace, for the last time.
00:35With more strikes threatened, the world's biggest airlines are redrawing their maps tonight,
00:39because Saudi Arabia's skies are under fire, and airlines are fleeing.

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