A Mahan Air plane took off from Al-Hudaydah Airport in Yemen, according to Abu Saleh's Arab Desk, without specifying a destination. The report follows an earlier bulletin from the same source at 18:35 which said a plane had departed the same airport heading to Tehran. It is unclear whether this is the same aircraft or a separate flight.
Abu Saleh's Arab Desk reported again on Monday evening, at 20:35 Jerusalem, that a Mahan Air plane took off from Al-Hudaydah Airport in Yemen. The destination and passenger manifest were not disclosed.
This follows a report from the same source at 18:35 Jerusalem that an Iranian plane had departed the same airport heading to Tehran, with unverified speculation about senior Iranian officials aboard. The thread began earlier in the day: at 14:52 Jerusalem, the Houthis claimed a political delegation from Iran had landed in Yemen; subsequent reports from the same source described an Iranian plane bringing passengers to the Houthis and then a departure to Tehran. At 12:56 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported an unidentified aircraft, identified by eyewitnesses as Mahan Air, landing at Sanaa. The source quality has remained single-sourced throughout, with no independent corroboration.
Mahan Air, an Iranian airline under U.S. sanctions, has been linked to IRGC operations. The Zioneer reported earlier today on a Mahan Air plane landing at Sanaa at 12:56 Jerusalem, and earlier the same source reported Iranian suicide drones en route to Gulf states at 08:46 Jerusalem.
It remains unclear whether the 20:35 report describes the same aircraft as the 18:35 departure or a separate flight. The destination, passenger identity, and purpose of the flight are unknown. All reports remain unverified and sourced from a single outlet.
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Source and signal
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