El Al Flight Lands Safely in Israel After Emergency Landing Following Malfunction

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Flight LY2653, which had taken off for Kiev with 182 passengers on board, was forced to return to Ben-Gurion Airport after blowing a tire during takeoff.  

Gili Melnitcki Aug 19, 2016
Flight 027 making an emergency landing at Ben-Gurion Airport early May 23, 2011. Credit: Ofer Vaknin


Record number of Israelis fly, vacation abroad in July. Tire blows on Russian jet landing at Ben-Gurion Airport. El Al airliner turns back half way to N.Y.C. after engine failure
An El Al plane landed safely after being forced to make an emergency landing at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport late Thursday, following a malfunction during takeoff.
The plane, a Boeing 737 flying under the flight number LY2653, had taken off for Kiev with 182 passengers when one of its tires exploded.
The plane then circled Israel and dumped its fuel into the sea in preparation for the landing in Ben-Gurion Airport.
El Al Flight LY2653 over Israel. Credit: screen-grab from flight radar

El Al Flight LY2653 over Israel.screengrab from flightradar
The airport was put on emergency level two, with dozens of police vehicles and medical personnel already present at the site, a spokesman said, with Magen David Adom saying there were over a dozen ambulances at the airport.
A few people on the flight suffered anxiety, but no one was injured during the incident.

Gili Melnitcki
Haaretz Contributo
read more: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.737588

Source: HARETZ News

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