[5] The first airstrike struck near a cement factory on the outskirts of Mekelle killing 3 children according to a local hospital.

[3] Bombs are launched from high altitudes, by fear of the TDF aerial defence and often miss their targets.

In case of the humanitarian flight, the aim of organising a bombing raid at that very moment, might have been to induce the aerial defence into error and possibly shoot down the incoming civil aircraft.

Fortunately, Mekelle Airport control tower could inform the pilots timely so that the flight returned to Addis Ababa without damage.

[7] The Ethiopian Press Agency said the airstrikes hit media and communications equipment used by Tigrayan forces.