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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 530

air safety

An El Al plane after takeoff from Ben Gurion Airport. September 7, 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
April 12, 2023, 12:49 am
Austria scrambles fighter jets after El Al plane briefly goes silent
Monday incident ended harmlessly as communications restored on 777 from Amsterdam to Tel Aviv; pilots went incommunicado for 12 minutes
By ToI Staff
Scene after an Iranian passenger airliner carrying some 150 passengers skidded off the runway and into a street next to the airport in the southern city of Mahshahr, January 27, 2020 (Screen capture: Twitter)
January 27, 2020, 11:16 am
Iranian plane skids off runway into street; all 150 passengers safe
State TV says airliner came in harder than usual in Mahshahr and lost its landing gear as it hit the tarmac; images from scene show jet ground to a halt close to populated area
By AP
An El Al Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv on August 23, 2017.(Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 16, 2019, 5:32 pm
Pilots fret over fire safety of Dreamliner planes, also used by El AL — report
Boeing acknowledges that engine fire extinguisher switch can jam; FAA orders checks; crews say authorities taking the cheap, not the safe, route
By Stuart Winer
In this March 27, 2019, file photo, a worker enters a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane during a brief media tour of Boeing's 737 assembly facility in Renton, Washington (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
April 6, 2019, 11:48 am
Boeing cutting production rate of troubled 737 Max jet
Company faces growing financial risk amid aircraft safety doubts following two deadly crashes
By DAVID KOENIG
In this March 11, 2019, file photo, rescuers work at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight crash near Bishoftu, Ethiopia. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene, File)
April 4, 2019, 12:59 pm
Ethiopian crew followed Boeing’s procedures, but couldn’t prevent crash
Preliminary report on March crash that killed 157 calls for Boeing to review 737’s flight control system
By ELIAS MESERET
Family members of the crashed Indonesian Lion Air JT-610 react at Pangkal Pinang airport, in Bangka Belitung province on October 29, 2018. (HADI SUTRISNO / AFP)
October 29, 2018, 8:17 am
Indonesian Lion Air plane crashes into sea with 189 on board
Divers searching for wreckage of the jet that vanished from radar minutes after takeoff from Jakarta
By Stephan Wright and Niniek Karmini
Smoke billows in the town of Douma, the last opposition holdout in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, on April 7, 2018. (AFP)
April 11, 2018, 1:43 pm
European airlines warned of possible Syria strike within 72 hours
Authorities tell companies to watch for missile and air attacks in and near Syrian airspace
By Agencies
The Magen Abraham Synagogue in Ahmedabad, India. (Wikipedia/Emmanuel Dyan/CC BY)
October 26, 2017, 1:59 pm
IS operatives accused of planning attack on Indian synagogue
Indian anti-terror officials say suspects carried out reconnaissance on the Magen Abraham synagogue in Gujarat on Sept. 12, were planning either an explosion or shooting
By ToI Staff
Kuwaiti social media activist Thamer al-Dakheel Bourashed puts his laptop inside his suitcase at Kuwait International Airport in Kuwait City, before boarding a flight to the United States on March 23, 2017. (AFP/Yasser Al-Zayyat)
July 21, 2017, 9:03 am
US says ban on laptops in airplane cabins has been lifted
Restriction on laptops from many Middle Eastern countries replaced by heightened scrutiny of electronic devices and passengers
By DAVID KOENIG
Illustrative photo of a laptop being used on a plane. (Chris Ison/PA, File via AP)
May 17, 2017, 9:27 am
US, European officials to discuss extending airline laptop ban
Ban could affect 65 million people a year on over 400 flights per day
By AP
Israel's new Ambassador to Egypt David Govrin presents his credentials to President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi at his palace in Cairo, August 31, 2016 (Egyptian Presidential Palace)
February 14, 2017, 2:06 pm
Ethics office recommends Conway investigation over Ivanka plug
White House says Trump expects Russia to return Crimea to Ukraine; none hurt as stray projectile from Syria strikes Golan; Israel pulls Cairo envoy due to security concerns
By Sara Miller
This file photo taken from a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-3K2-Orion aircraft on April 13, 2014 shows co-pilot and squadron leader Brett McKenzie helping to look for objects during the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, off Perth in Western Australia. (AFP/Pool/Greg Wood)
January 17, 2017, 9:27 am
Three years on, underwater hunt for Malaysian plane called off
Families of passengers ‘dismayed’ as Australia, China and Malaysia end intensive Indian Ocean search for remains of MH370
By AFP
In this Sunday, March 2, 2008 photo, two passenger planes of Iran's national air carrier, Iran Air, are parked at the Mehrabad Airport in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
June 16, 2016, 9:07 pm
Iran Air cleared to resume flights to Europe
Following successful ‘technical assessment,’ most of national airline’s planes allowed to fly into continent
By Agencies
Illustrative photo of an IAF F-16 (IDF Spokesperson's Unit/Flash90)
April 23, 2016, 9:10 am
Israeli jets scramble after Egyptian plane fails to identify
Communications belatedly resume, and fighter planes escort civilian aircraft to safe landing at Ben Gurion Airport
By ToI Staff and AFP
Lufthansa pilot updates passengers after their plane to Tel Aviv returned to Munich when an engine failed, April 21, 2016 (Ksenia Svetlova)
April 21, 2016, 6:36 pm
Israel-bound Lufthansa flight, with MK on board, turns back after engine failure
Pilot looked ‘shaken’ on emerging from the cockpit after safe return landing in Munich, Zionist Union’s Ksenia Svetlova reports
By ToI Staff
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