Bangladesh, Oct. 15 -- Three Riyadh Air Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners were evacuated from Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport (RUH) within 25 minutes of each other on October 13, as the airline pulled aircraft from its main base following a week of missile and drone strikes.

The wide-body jets, operating as RX8004, RX8001, and RX8002, departed at 3:16 pm, 3:32 pm, and 3:39 pm local time, respectively. Aircraft HZ-RXAA and HZ-RXAG flew to AlUla International Airport, while HZ-RXAC headed to Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Medina.

A fourth Dreamliner, HZ-RXAE, was repositioned from Jeddah to Lahore Allama Iqbal International Airport in Pakistan. Unconfirmed reports suggest fighter jets escorted three jets that de...