Loud blast at Riyadh airport as travellers evacuated and airlines cancel flights

Flight tracking site flightradar24 showed all flights to Riyadh had either been diverted or cancelled, with only a helicopter hovering over the airport at one point.

More than a dozen ambulances were seen rushing to Riyadh’s ‌international airport and travellers were evacuated from parts of the facility after a loud blast was heard there on Saturday, an eyewitness and people briefed ​on the matter said.