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DEVELOPING · 8 OCT → 28 OCT 2026 · 21 EDITIONS · 71 OUTLETS

Riyadh airport to remain closed until Saturday after deadly Houthi attacks

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 35 71 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 10 Oct 18:26 UTC · Blast at Riyadh airport prompts evacuations and widespread flight cancellations 11 Oct 00:21 UTC · Blast at Riyadh airport prompts evacuations and widespread flight cancellations 11 Oct 12:16 UTC · Riyadh airport closure triggers widespread flight cancellations after deadly attack 11 Oct 18:19 UTC · Riyadh airport closure triggers widespread flight cancellations after deadly attack 12 Oct 18:15 UTC · Delta delays Riyadh route as airport closure extends after Houthi attacks 13 Oct 00:13 UTC · Delta Delays Atlanta-Riyadh Route Until March 2027 After Airport Attacks 13 Oct 06:51 UTC · Delta Delays Atlanta-Riyadh Launch Until March 2027 After Airport Attacks 13 Oct 12:14 UTC · Delta delays Riyadh launch as airport closure and flight suspensions widen 14 Oct 06:13 UTC · Riyadh airport to remain closed until Saturday after deadly Houthi attacks

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 7 HEADLINES

  1. 10 Oct, 18:26 UTC

    Blast at Riyadh airport prompts evacuations and widespread flight cancellations

  2. 11 Oct, 12:16 UTC

    Riyadh airport closure triggers widespread flight cancellations after deadly attack

  3. 12 Oct, 18:15 UTC

    Delta delays Riyadh route as airport closure extends after Houthi attacks

  4. 13 Oct, 00:13 UTC

    Delta Delays Atlanta-Riyadh Route Until March 2027 After Airport Attacks

  5. 13 Oct, 06:51 UTC

    Delta Delays Atlanta-Riyadh Launch Until March 2027 After Airport Attacks

  6. 13 Oct, 12:14 UTC

    Delta delays Riyadh launch as airport closure and flight suspensions widen

  7. 14 Oct, 06:13 UTC

    Riyadh airport to remain closed until Saturday after deadly Houthi attacks

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Saudi Arabia · 9 outlets
  • Etihad Airways · 5 outlets
  • Qatar Airways · 5 outlets
  • Abu Dhabi · 4 outlets
  • Akasa Air · 4 outlets
  • Air France · 3 outlets
  • Civil Aviation · 3 outlets
  • Air India · 3 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.

Figures reported with different numbers

  • people injured: 12 (2 from 11 Oct 05:56) → 14 (1 from 12 Oct 20:27)
  • people wounded: 13 (2 from 12 Oct 20:27) → 18 (1 from 13 Oct 06:20)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.