Hundreds of travelers stuck on planes at Ovda

Hundreds of passengers are stuck on their planes for hours at the southern Ovda airport — which opened to international flights in response to rocket fears — after shuttles failed to arrive to bring them to the terminal, Ynet reports.

“They told us it’s a military base and we can’t go on foot” to the terminal, a passenger tells the news website.

A passenger says there are six other planes also stuck on the runway, and the wait has since exceeded two and a half hours.

It remains unclear whether the shuttles have since arrived.

Transportation Minister Israel Katz opened the Ovda airport yesterday as foreign carriers expressed concern about rocket fire near the Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel. The Ovda airport is located some 60 kilometers north of Eilat.