As the passengers disembarked, massive explosions were heard.[4][lower-alpha 3] A local security source had reported that "three mortar shells had landed on the airport's hall", while Yemeni Communication Minister Naguib al-Awg, who was among those flown in, has suggested they were drone strikes, and a spokesperson for the chairman of the Southern Transitional Council believed they were missiles.[3][5][14] The Telegraph has reported that analysis of the explosion footage showed one explosion occurring on the north side of the airport terminal, and the second occurring around 30 seconds later about 20 metres (70 ft) away.[15] One of the wounded recalled that a "missile hit the terminal's gate" while he was metres away.[16]