Air Seychelles denies flight to Israel made emergency landing in Saudi Arabia
An Air Seychelles plane lands at Ben Gurion International Airport on August 29, 2023, carrying Israeli passengers who were on earlier flight home from the Seychelles that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. (Israel Airports Authority)
A spokesperson for Air Seychelles denies a report picked up by most mainstream Israeli news outlets of a flight to Tel Aviv making an emergency landing in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The report which initiated with Channel 12 news appears to have no basis, and there are no flights between Seychelles and Israel currently in the air.
This updates an earlier incorrect report.
