El Al B744 near Athens on Jun 1st 2015, technical problem
Last Update: June 1, 2015 / 15:41:23 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 1, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
El Al
Flight number
LY-1
Departure
Tel Aviv, Israel
Destination
New York JFK, United States
Aircraft Registration
4X-ELC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
A replacement Boeing 747-400 registration 4X-ELB is estimated to reach New York with a total delay of 9.5 hours.
The airline confirmed that a technical problem had prompted maintenance work delaying the departure, maintenance thought the problem was solved and released the aircraft, hwoever, in flight the problem re-occurred prompting the decision to call the aircraft back.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 1, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
El Al
Flight number
LY-1
Departure
Tel Aviv, Israel
Destination
New York JFK, United States
Aircraft Registration
4X-ELC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
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