Israeli vacationers headed to Barcelona have been stuck since the early morning in Ben Gurion Airport after an Air Europe flight failed to arrive in Israel early Wednesday.
The flight, which took off from Barcelona last night, made an emergency landing in a small Italian airfield after a female passenger reportedly became ill. When the plane attempted to take off to resume its flight to Tel Aviv, authorities discovered the runway was too short.
Nearly 200 Israelis are reportedly still waiting at Ben Gurion to board the same plane back to Barcelona. They expected to take off at 6 a.m., but were told the flight was delayed by four hours, then by six. The Air Europe plane is now slated to land in Israel at 4 p.m., according to Israel Radio.
Under Israeli law, airlines are required to give passengers a meal after they are delayed four hours, and to offer a full refund of their tickets after six. Passengers waiting in Ben Gurion have not seen a representative of Air Europe, and did not receive any offers of compensation, according to passengers who spoke with Israel Radio.
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