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Egyptian flight attendant and Saudi pilot killed in Riyadh airport attacks
Attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport killed Egyptian flight attendant Azza Ramzi and Saudi pilot Hamoud al-Kalthami.
Ramzi, 28, worked for flynas and died from injuries sustained in an attack on 10 October; al-Kalthami was killed in attacks on 8 October.
The attacks took place amid escalating security tensions between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis.
Ramzi was from Egypt’s Beheira governorate, and her family said she had planned to return home and leave her job.
The airport attacks killed and injured other people and disrupted flights, with many services cancelled.
Saudi Arabia Airlines and flynas mourned the two workers, while Egypt’s embassy and consulate said they would help with arrangements to return Ramzi’s body and assist injured Egyptians.
The available accounts do not give full details of al-Kalthami’s death or say what will happen next with the wider tensions.
An Egyptian flight attendant and a Saudi pilot were killed in attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.
The Egyptian attendant, 28-year-old Azza Ramzi, died from injuries sustained in an attack on 10 October.
Saudi pilot Hamoud bin Ali Al-Kalthami was killed in attacks on airport facilities and a Saudi Arabian Airlines aircraft on 8 October.
The attacks caused deaths and injuries and disrupted flights at the airport.
Ramzi’s family and Egyptian officials began arrangements to return her body to Egypt for burial.
- Who
- Egyptian flight attendant Azza Ramzi and Saudi pilot Hamoud bin Ali Al-Kalthami.
- What
- They were killed in attacks on King Khalid International Airport and related airport facilities.
- When
- Al-Kalthami was killed in attacks on 8 October; Ramzi died from injuries sustained in an attack on 10 October.
- Where
- King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- Why
- Not stated. The attacks occurred amid escalating security tensions between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Attacks on airport facilities and a Saudi Arabian Airlines aircraft killed pilot Hamoud Al-Kalthami.
An attack on the airport injured flight attendant Azza Ramzi, who later died from her injuries.
Egypt’s foreign minister mourned Ramzi, and the Egyptian embassy and consulate said they would follow arrangements to return her body.
Saudi authorities reported a new attack on the airport that killed one person and injured about 11 others.
- Airport
- King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh
- Azza Ramzi
- 28-year-old Egyptian flight attendant who worked for flynas
- Azza Ramzi attack
- 10 October 2026
- Hamoud Al-Kalthami
- Saudi pilot killed in attacks on 8 October
- 8 October attack
- 13 people killed and hundreds injured, according to BBC
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أنعى ببالغ الحزن الفقيدة عزة رمزي، التي توفت جراء الهجمات على مطار الرياض. وأتابع بتكليف من فخامة الرئيس حالات المصابين الخمسة لضمان توفير الرعاية اللازمة، مؤكداً تضامن مصر الكامل مع المملكة العربية السعودية الشقيقة وإدانتها لتلك الاعتداءات.
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