A refuellingplanewas forced into an emergency landing at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv,Israel, on Thursday (March 5) due to a reportedhydraulic failure. According to Nir Dvori onTelegram, the refuelling aircraft made an "emergency landing at Ben Gurion Airport due to hydraulic malfunction," with a "state of alert declared".
There is currently no information on who the plane belongs to or what it was doing in the region.Ben Gurion Airportreopened to limited civilian flights on Thursday, five days after the war with Iran began. The Israeli government also announced on Thursday that outgoing flights would gradually resume on Sunday (March 8). Currently, the only flights departing fromTel Avivare US Air Force aircraft which are patrolling the region.
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Israel'sairspace(LLLL) remains closed to general commercial traffic.
Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) is strictly PPR (Prior Permission Required) for military and approved repatriation flights only.
Source: Daily Express :: World Feed
