Overheating, El Al flight to Madrid turns back

An El Al flight from Tel Aviv to Madrid was forced to turn back due to rising temperature on the aircraft, Israel Radio says

Flight 297 returned to Ben Gurion International Airport and landed safely, the radio says.

It’s not immediately clear what caused the problem.

An El Al airline plane at the Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport on August 17, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
An El Al airline plane at the Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport on August 17, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

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