An official says an Israeli plane carrying 141 passengers has landed safely in Bucharest, despite encountering technical problems before landing.

Airport spokesman Valentin Iordache says the pilot of the El Al flight from Tel Aviv reported problems with the flaps approaching Bucharest.

He said emergency teams were called on Wednesday night, but they did not need to intervene.

Aviation Herld reported the following info about the incident:

An El Al Boeing 737-800, registration 4X-EKI performing flight LY-571 from Tel Aviv (Israel) to Bucharest Otopeni (Romania) with 141 passengers, was on approach to Otopeni’s runway 08R descending through 2500 feet MSL when the crew aborted the approach reporting flaps problems and climbed back to FL100 and entered a holding to work the relevant checklists, however could not solve the problem. The aircraft subsequently landed safely on Otopeni’s runway 26R at a higher than normal speed about 50 minutes after aborting the first approach.

The aircraft was able to depart for the return flight LY-572 with a delay of 2 hours.

(YWN Desk – NYC / Washington Post)