An Israir flight departing from Tel Aviv on Friday morning alerted control tower officials it was losing hydraulic fluid, leading to the decision for the flight with 178 persons on board to turn back shortly after takeoff.

MDA ambulances from the Ayalon area were dispatched to the scene and airport emergency responders took up position along the runway, prepared for a difficult landing. Baruch Hashem, the plane touched down in Ben-Gurion International Airport without incident.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)