Mokha's capture would bring the Iran-backed group closer to controlling the Bab al-Mandab Strait waterway, a key shipping route.

Analysts question if the US president's election year offer is workable, legal or affordable.

One pilot told the other about the aircraft's "excessive speed" but received an uneven response even as alarms sounded.

The paper said it stood by its reporting, after publishing extracts from a book where the claim appears.

Of the 42 people on board, 17 were were evacuated, CCTV reports.

Officials say there was a stampede as they fled a fire that engulfed two schools in the eastern rebel-held city of Bukavu.