The takeoff of an international plane carrying patients from Sanaa International Airport

A United Nations plane took off from Sanaa airport today, Monday, to transport patients to receive treatment abroad, a shipping source said.

This is the first flights of the air bridge to evacuate Yemeni patients from the capital, Sanaa, according to Agence France-Presse.

Seven patients with his companion on board the plane, which took off from the airport controlled by the Houthi militia, ascended to the Jordanian capital Amman, including children suffering from kidney failure.