00:02Footage of jets stacked in holding patterns over Jetta, tracked from a flight radar view.
00:09Right now, over one of the busiest airports on Earth, commercial jets are circling, not landing, just waiting.
00:17And the reason has nothing to do with weather.
00:20On Saturday, July 25th, video began circulating online, including footage aired by Iranian state broadcaster Press-TV showing multiple flights
00:32stacked in extended holding patterns above King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jetta.
00:39It's a scene passengers don't forget. Full planes, engines burning fuel, going in circles instead of landing.
00:48Saudi officials haven't issued a full statement on the footage itself, but the timing lines up with something much bigger.
00:56That same Saturday morning, Saudi authorities issued emergency shelter warnings for the provinces of Jazan and Yanbu after Yemen's Houthi
01:06movement claimed fresh missile strikes on the kingdom.
01:10The Jazan warning was lifted within the hour. Officials said the danger had passed, but the message was clear.
01:17This fight is reaching further into Saudi territory than it has in years. It didn't come out of nowhere.
01:24On July 24th, Saudi-led coalition strikes reportedly hit Houthi positions in Yemen's Hodaida Governorate, a critical Red Sea port.
01:35The Houthis responded with waves of claimed missile and drone attacks and warned they'd target infrastructure near Yanbu and Jeddah
01:44too.
01:44This is now the second major aviation scare in under two weeks.
01:50On July 13th, Houthi missiles and drones struck Abha International Airport in southern Saudi Arabia, itself retaliation for a strike
02:00on the runway at Sanaa Airport, which blocked an Iranian plane from landing.
02:05That one attack triggered flight suspensions, and airlines like Saudia, Fly Dubai, and Qatar Airways scrambled to cancel routes across
02:15the region.
02:16The Houthis have gone further than just striking airports.
02:19They've publicly warned airlines to avoid Saudi airspace entirely until the blockade on Sanaa is lifted.
02:27That's not a local skirmish.
02:29That's a threat aimed at global air traffic.
02:33Jeddah isn't just any airport.
02:35It's a gateway for millions of pilgrims heading to Mecca and a key hub for international carriers threading through Middle
02:43East airspace.
02:44Hodaida, on the other side of this conflict, is one of Yemen's main lifelines for humanitarian aid.
02:51So when jets start circling instead of landing, it's not just an inconvenience, it's a signal.
02:58Analysts warn that if this keeps escalating, it could ripple into Red Sea shipping lanes and international air routes far
03:06beyond Saudi Arabia's borders.
03:08As of Saturday morning, no casualties or direct hits on Jeddah's airport infrastructure have been confirmed.
03:15But the precaution alone tells you how fragile this truce really is.
03:21A ceasefire that's held, barely, for years, is now being tested in real time, one holding pattern at a time.
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