On October 18th local time, a Saudi Arabian AH-6i light armed helicopter crashed in Najran province, on the border with Yemen. The Saudi side stated that the helicopter crashed due to technical problems, while the Yemeni Houla group announced that they had shot down the helicopter.
On the noon of the 18th, the Houthi armed forces released footage of the downing of an AH-6i helicopter. Houthi armed forces spokesman Yahya Sareea said in a statement: "The armed forces downed a Saudi helicopter near Naydilan. At that time, the helicopter was carrying out hostile activities against our defensive positions along the border, and we used appropriate weapons to down it."
According to the Yemeni news agency, the video recorded the process in which Houthi militants used surface-to-air missiles to shoot down the helicopter.
Yemen's Houthi rebels release footage showing their downing of a Saudi AH-6i helicopter
Saudi-led multinational coalition spokesman Turlki Maliki insisted that the AH-6i helicopter crashed due to a technical malfunction within Nayjiran province, resulting in the death of two crew members.
