El Al flight to London returning to make emergency landing due to technical fault

El Al Airlines' Boeing 737s are pictured on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, March 10, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)
El Al Airlines' Boeing 737s are pictured on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, March 10, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)

El Al flight ELY313 to London is returning to Ben Gurion Airport to make an emergency landing after encountering a technical fault.

The aircraft had been in the air for some 75 minutes when the problem was discovered.

It is expected to land at 8 p.m. local time.

Details of the problem were not immediately clear.

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