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A Ryanair Boeing 737 MAX takes off from Lisbon airport, January 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
July 10, 2026, 10:44 pm
Man nearly sucked out of ‘detached’ window on Ryanair flight from Greece
Serbian tourist suffers friction burns after head and shoulders exit airplane mid-air when engine debris strikes window, is held in by other passengers; ‘fortunately, he hadn’t taken off his seat belt’
By AFP
Travelers are seen at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, April 23, 2026. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
July 8, 2026, 7:31 pm
EU regulator eases restrictions on flights to Israel, urges avoiding Iran, Iraq, Lebanon airspaces
Advisory comes amid flare-up in violence between US and Iran; advisory urging caution in airspace of Israel withdrawn; Arkia to resume Morocco route after 3 years
By JTA and Sharon Wrobel
An Air Canada Express CRJ-900 sits on the runway after colliding with a Port Authority fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York, on March 23, 2026 (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
March 23, 2026, 10:09 am
Two pilots killed after passenger jet hits fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia airport
Dozens injured in collision between truck and Air Canada plane, which crushed the nose of the aircraft
By Agencies
A Lufthansa airlines Airbus-A320-271N comes in to land at Heathrow Airport in west London on April 29, 2024. (Adrian DENNIS / AFP)
July 7, 2025, 11:53 pm
Lufthansa carrier group to resume flying to Israel starting August 1
Decision to gradually resume flights after Iran war comes as EU aviation safety body lifts ‘high-risk’ advisory cautioning pilots against entering Israeli airspace
By Sharon Wrobel
An El Al flight takes off from Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, June 19, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
June 23, 2025, 2:46 am
Israel starts allowing outbound flights, restricted to 50 passengers per plane
Over 1,000 Israelis and foreigners expected to leave Monday, with cap on travelers aimed at minimizing security risk and overcrowding at Ben Gurion Airport amid Iran attacks
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli passengers on Arkia's first repatriation flight leaving from Larnaca to Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport on June 18, 2025. (Courtesy Arkia)
June 18, 2025, 12:24 pm
First repatriation flights spirit Israelis home from Cyprus as air mission takes off
El Al, Arkia, and Israir planes from Larnaca and more flights from around Europe land at Ben Gurion Airport; will gradually bring back 100,000 people stranded abroad by war
By Sharon Wrobel and Rossella Tercatin
El Al airplanes on the tarmac at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport, October 4, 2022. (Moshe Shai/ Flash90/ File)
June 16, 2025, 7:34 pm
Israel embarks on plan to bring more than 100,000 Israelis stuck abroad safely home
El Al opens registration for stranded passengers to map return flights; Arkia creates flight schedule for Israelis to return from Athens, Larnaca, Rome, Paris and New York
By Sharon Wrobel
View of the Ben Gurion International Airport, May 4, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
May 12, 2025, 12:28 am
Israelis again isolated as airlines stay away: What will it take to woo them back?
Aviation experts are doubtful foreign carriers will resume flight services soon, unless the government restores confidence and amends cancellation compensation terms
By Sharon Wrobel
Firefighters and rescue personnel work near the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province, some 288 kilometers southwest of Seoul, on December 29, 2024. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
December 29, 2024, 5:24 pm
179 killed as plane crashes in South Korea, in country’s worst airline disaster
Jeju Air flight from Thailand declares ‘mayday’ over suspected bird strike, is then filmed landing and colliding with wall, erupting in fire; 2 crew members survive
By KANG Jin-kyu and Hieun Shin
A woman cries as the body of a relative, victim of a plane crash, is brought to a hospital in Pokhara, Nepal, January 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Yunish Gurung)
January 15, 2023, 11:56 pm
68 dead, 4 missing in Nepal’s deadliest aviation disaster in 3 decades
Onlookers throng to crash site in resort town of Pokhara, as rescue workers comb the wreckage on edge of cliff and in ravine below
By UPENDRA MAN SINGH, SHEIKH SAALIQ and ANISH BHATTARAI
In this photo provided by the Broomfield Police Department on Twitter, debris is scattered in the front yard of a house at near 13th and Elmwood, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, in Broomfield, Colorado (Broomfield Police Department via AP)
February 22, 2021, 8:15 am
FAA orders United to inspect Boeing 777s after engine explodes over Denver
Airline says temporarily removing plane from service after parts of aircraft rained down on suburban neighborhoods when engine blew apart just after takeoff
By AP
US Vice President Mike Pence waves as he disembarks from a plane with his wife Karen, upon their arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport ,to attend the World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem memorial center, January 23, 2020. (Ammar Awad/Pool Photo via AP)
January 26, 2020, 11:27 pm
Cyberattacks targeted world leaders’ planes as they flew into Israel last week
At least 800 attacks, including from Iran and Poland, were beaten back by Israel’s newly upgraded air traffic cyber defenses, officials say
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An El Al airline plane at Ben Gurion International Airport on August 17, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 10, 2020, 2:45 pm
El Al flight from Newark makes emergency landing after passengers smell smoke
Travelers to stay in Canada as plane requires inspection and airline won’t fly on Shabbat; smoke said to come from rear galley
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An El Al airline plane at Ben Gurion International Airport on August 17, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
October 28, 2019, 3:36 pm
Wheelchair battery ignites fire in hold of El Al plane before Paris takeoff
Passengers deboarded, taken to hotel as aircraft grounded
By ToI Staff
British Airways planes parked at Heathrow Airport in Londonn on January 10, 2017 (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
July 26, 2019, 2:15 pm
British Airways resumes flights to Cairo after week’s halt
Airline does not offer details on possible threat that prompted cancellations
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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