An El Al flight was compelled to make an emergency landing in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea on Wednesday morning, 5 Cheshvan 5774. The incident was caused by a problematic engine.
The Boeing 767 took off during the night from Bangkok with 218 passengers on board and it was supposed to land in Ben-Gurion International Airport at 7:00am.
El Al officials announced the plane landed without incident and they are hopeful a replacement plane would be made available in a matter of hours.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Oddly enough, LY82 really does go near Eritrea. The great circle route would take it over Iran and Iraq, but because of Arabs behaving badly, it’s forced to take a roundabout route.