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El Al flight from Los Angeles forced to land in Madrid after passenger turns violent
Illustrative: An El Al plane lands at Ben Gurion Airport, on October 13, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
An EL AL flight from Los Angeles to Tel Aviv is forced to land in Madrid after a passenger ran through the aisles and refused to obey instructions from the crew, according to Hebrew-language media reports.
The airline says the passenger attacked one of the crew members when he was asked to remain in his seat for safety reasons.
“He did not obey the safety instructions like the other passengers and behaved violently. He attacked the crew member and from this point it was clear that this was endangering all the passengers on the plane,” a security official from the airline says.
After the plane landed in Spain, the passenger left the aircraft. It remains unclear if he was arrested.
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