A plane carrying Israeli high school students lands in Poland after they spent more than 12 hours stranded in a Turkish airport where they had been forced to make an emergency landing, Education Minister Yoav Kisch says.
Kisch posts on X that the delegation landed safely and was on its way to their hotel.
The plane carrying 12th-grade students from five schools to Poland was forced to make an emergency landing in Turkey, due to engine issues.
However, the wait at the airport was extended after a second plane dispatched to take the students was also found to have technical problems.
Some parents had raised fears for the safety of the children given Turkey’s hostile attitude to Israel amid the war in Gaza.
The students are on an organized trip to visit concentration camps and learn about the Holocaust. The Poland trips are seen as a learning experience about the Holocaust, the subsequent necessity of the Jewish state, and the values of volunteerism and social cohesion.
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