Riyadh airport closed to departures for 24 hours
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Saudi Arabia's Civil Aviation Authority: At least 12 people were killed and 309 injured in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday.
Saudi Civil Aviation: At least 12 people killed and 309 others injured in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. #Breaking #Here_is_the_Kingdom
Civil Aviation: Regarding the brutal attack that targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday afternoon, October 10, which resulted in the death of 12 people, including 4 citizens and 8 residents: two of Bangladeshi nationality, and one each of American, Egyptian, Jordanian, Syrian, Palestinian and Sudanese nationalities.
All flights from Cairo and Alexandria airports to Riyadh have been suspended due to the cessation of operations at King Khalid International Airport.
EgyptAir: All flights from Cairo and Alexandria airports to Riyadh suspended due to the cessation of operations at King Khalid International Airport.
At least 12 people were killed in an attack on Riyadh International Airport in Saudi Arabia, the New York Times reported, citing officials. The Financial Times reports that 50 people were injured in the missile strike on the airport. According to the publication, the city's largest hospitals declared a state of emergency. Earlier, an evacuation was organized from the airport building, witnesses heard explosions, according to publications by Reuters and AFP. Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways canceled some flights from October 10 to 12, primarily to Doha and Abu Dhabi. According to Flightradar, Air India and Lufthansa also changed their schedules. Trump previously said that the United States would soon determine its response to the attack on Saudi Arabia.
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This market will resolve to "Yes" if no flight departs from Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport (RUH) for a period of at least 24 consecutive hours, where that period begins between market creation and the specified date, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".
Departures will be evaluated as displayed by FlightAware on its King Khalid Int'l Airport (Riyadh) RUH airport page (https://www.flightaware.com/live/airport/OERK) and the corresponding departures page (https://www.flightaware.com/live/airport/OERK/departures). Only confirmed departures, displayed with an actual departure time, qualify; scheduled departures do not qualify. Announcements, NOTAMs, airline cancellations, or reports that the airport is closed, suspended, or restricted will not qualify on their own if FlightAware displays departures.
A qualifying period may begin as late as the specified date, 11:59 PM ET, and end after it. If a period without departures has begun but has not reached 24 consecutive hours by the specified date, 11:59 PM ET, this market will remain open until either a flight departs RUH or 24 consecutive hours have elapsed. A qualifying closure counts regardless of its cause.
The resolution source for this market will be information from FlightAware (https://www.flightaware.com/live/airport/OERK).