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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

flight security

An Asiana Airlines plane is parked as one of the plane's doors suddenly opened at Daegu International Airport in Daegu, South Korea, Friday, May 26, 2023. (Yun Kwan-shick/Yonhap via AP)
May 26, 2023, 11:48 am
Passenger opens plane door mid-air on flight in South Korea, 9 hospitalized
Incident occurs minutes before landing; passenger detained by police but motive for opening the door on the Asiana flight is not clear
By AFP
Then-president Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on April 5, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 20, 2022, 6:17 pm
Rivlin said to argue with El Al flight attendants over plane seat
Due to change amid ongoing disagreements between Israel and UAE over security arrangements, former president said to take seat intended for flight attendants
By ToI Staff
Rescue teams work amid debris after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran on January 8, 2020, killing everyone on board. (AFP)
January 13, 2020, 3:57 pm
Iran denies it tried to ‘cover up’ downing of Ukrainian airliner
Despite claiming for days that plane crashed due to technical failure before admitting it was a missile, Tehran says officials were acting on ‘existing information at the time’
By AFP
A Turkish Airlines flight seen at the airstrip at Ben Gurion International Airport. February 26, 2015. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
January 13, 2020, 3:31 pm
Israeli flyers timorous as Middle Eastern carriers keep their routes over Iran
Many in the Jewish state fly to East Asia via Istanbul or Amman with airlines that haven’t rerouted flights since downing of Ukrainian plane
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Two Qantas planes taxi on the runway at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, August 20, 2015. (Rick Rycroft/AP)
January 8, 2020, 8:02 pm
Airlines scramble as Iranian airspace becomes no-go zone
Many international carriers say they will avoid flying over Iran and Iraq amid tensions with US, causing significant delays worldwide
By Emily Schmall
An Israeli man being removed from a flight by Sicily police after he demanded to be seated near his son, in undated footage released on October 21, 2019. (Screenshot: Facebook)
October 22, 2019, 7:53 am
Israeli man removed from plane after demanding to be seated near his son
Flight from Sicily to Tel Aviv was reportedly approaching takeoff when staff decided to go back and call police; eyewitness says issue could have been easily resolved
By ToI Staff
July 3, 2017, 2:30 am
US lifts laptop ban for Abu Dhabi carrier
Etihad implements enhanced security measures, additional screening for passengers, reducing fears of terror attack
By AFP
Illustrative: An easyJet airliner on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport, August 3, 2013. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
June 11, 2017, 3:27 am
London-bound plane diverts over ‘terrorist activity’ threat
151 passengers evacuated via emergency slides after crew alerted of ‘suspicious conversion’ between 3 men on board
By AFP
Illustrative photo of a laptop being used on a plane. (Chris Ison/PA, File via AP)
March 22, 2017, 1:19 am
US, UK officials: No specific terror threat behind laptop ban
Travelers grumble over restrictions on some Middle East flights, as Washington source says jihadists aggressively pursuing new tactics
By Alicia A. Caldwell
An Israeli airport security guard patrols with a dog in Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
March 2, 2017, 9:05 am
Ben Gurion Airport experiences delays due to technical glitch
Tech teams manage to fix luggage-scanning system, which broke down at midnight
By Sue Surkes
Germania Airlines Germania Airbus A321-211, 23 December 2015 (CC BY-SA dxme, Wikimedia)
October 6, 2016, 9:24 am
Flight to Tel Aviv makes emergency landing in Munich
Plane from Dusseldorf lands safely after passenger suffers chest pains requiring hospital treatment
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An American Airlines Boeing 777 during takeoff (CC-BY-SA Sergey Kustov/Wikimedia Commons)
May 9, 2016, 1:29 am
Economist’s equations spark terror scare on flight
Professor solving differential equation on plane heading to Syracuse alarms passenger who mistook it for some cryptic code
By AFP
This X-Ray image shows a grenade in the bag of an Israeli woman who tried to board a plane at the Sde Dov Airport on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 (Israel Airports Authority)
February 24, 2016, 9:59 am
Israeli woman takes gun, grenade to airport
Passenger en route to Eilat detained by police after Sde Dov security uncovers cache of weapons in her luggage
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a customs officer checking a passenger's passport at Washington-Dulles International Airport. (James Tourtellotte/Department of Homeland Security)
November 21, 2015, 8:53 am
After IS attacks, Israelis and Palestinians caught up in US flight fears
Arabic speakers and those of Middle Eastern appearance are kept off planes as anxious fellow travelers report ultimately groundless suspicions
By AFP
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