El Al plane lands in Montana after engine malfunction

An El Al flight from Tel Aviv to Los Angeles carries out an emergency landing in Billings, Montana, after pilots discovered a problem in one of the plane’s engines.

After instruments reported a technical malfunction in one of the Boeing 777’s engines, pilots shut off the engine and radioed for an emergency landing site while the flight was still two hours away from Los Angeles.

“We apologize for the inconvenience,” an El Al spokesperson says. “El Al views safety as our highest value, and does not compromise on even the slightest concern.”

The airline promised to investigate the malfunction, and to get the 276 passengers and crew temporarily stranded in Billings to their destination as quickly as possible.