El Al B789 over Spain, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Israel on Apr 30th 2021, escorted by fighter aircraft
Last Update: April 30, 2021 / 20:31:37 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 30, 2021
Classification
Incident
Airline
El Al
Flight number
LY-2
Departure
New York JFK, United States
Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel
Aircraft Registration
4X-EDH
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B789
Greek Media reported the crew suspected while flying over Spain, that a bomb had been planted on the aircraft. NATO decided to dispatch fighter aircraft which intercepted and escorted the Boeing, at the Spanish-Italien boundary of the airspace Italian fighter aircraft took over until the Boeing entered Greek airspace, where Greek fighter aircraft escorted the Boeing to Cyprus airspace. Israeli fighter aircraft awaited the aircraft in Cyprus airspace and escorted the aircraft to landing in Tel Aviv.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Tel Aviv about 14.5 hours after landing.
The airline and Israel's CAA have not yet commented.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 30, 2021
Classification
Incident
Airline
El Al
Flight number
LY-2
Departure
New York JFK, United States
Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel
Aircraft Registration
4X-EDH
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B789
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