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Illustrative image of a baby with a skin disease. (Triocean/iStock Images/Getty)
October 10, 2018, 4:39 pm
Health officials warn of measles outbreak after passenger flies with disease
Ministry says over 600 people have contracted illness in 2018, a 2,000 percent rise over 2017; children and others on plane from Eilat to Tel Aviv urged to get checked
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative photo of an Israir plane on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport, August 3, 2013 (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
August 25, 2018, 8:44 am
Flight attendant suspected of stealing passengers’ donations to needy
Israir employee confesses to pocketing cash given for aid groups as part of company fundraising campaign
By TOI staff
An El Al plane at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv in 2003. (David Silverman/Getty Images/via JTA)
From the WebJune 20, 2018, 4:50 pm
Israel’s El Al Airlines drops bid to buy smaller rival Israir
Reuters: Bid dropped amid regulator opposition; a year ago, El Al, Israel’s flagship carrier, said a unit would pay up to $24 million for Israir
Smoke from an airport towing tug at the Ferenc Liszt International Airport on March 23, 2018, which panicked passenger on a flight taxiing for takeoff to Tel Aviv and prompted cabin crew to open the doors to deploy the emergency chutes. Dikla Abitbul, 38, fell from an open door onto the tarmac, sustaining serious injuries.
April 4, 2018, 9:16 pm
Israeli woman who fell out of plane in Budapest flown back to Israel
Mother of two Dikla Abitbul, 38, seriously injured after falling onto tarmac, transferred to Beilinson Hospital for continued treatment
By TOI staff
Screen capture from video showing an airliner after passengers evacuated due to smoke in the cabin, Budapest, Hungary, March 23, 2018. (YouTube)
March 27, 2018, 9:13 pm
Israeli woman fighting for life after falling out of plane door
Dikla Abitbul fell to the tarmac as passengers on flight leaving Budapest for Tel Aviv panicked, tried to escape, when taxiing plane filled with smoke
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative photo of an Israir plane on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport, August 3, 2013 (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
June 24, 2017, 11:40 am
Elderly man dies after fall off airplane stairs at Ben Gurion
The passenger, believed to be in his 90s, was disembarking from a flight; medics tried to save him
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of an Israir plane on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport, August 3, 2013 (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
May 30, 2017, 3:31 am
Israeli plane diverts to Slovakia over oxygen problem
IsraAir passengers describe fear and confusion as masks came down with no explanations from crew; company insists landing was not an emergency
By TOI staff
Badia Karem, one of a group of Arab Israelis who say they were humiliated at a security check, April 30, 2016 (Channel 2 screenshot)
April 30, 2016, 10:39 pm
Arab Israelis hassled by Israeli security at Romania airport
Group of law students taken for questioning, while Jews continued flight check-in process, they say
By TOI staff
File: A man covers his face while crossing the street as a sandstorm hits Israel on November 4, 2015. (Flash90)
November 4, 2015, 7:09 pm
Airport briefly shuts down as sandstorm worsens
Cities record high air pollution levels as dust descends on country; Michelle Obama’s flight to Jordan delayed by weather
By TOI staff, Raoul Wootliff and AP
Israir airplane (Moshe Shai/Flash 90)
October 1, 2015, 3:58 pm
Israeli airline to compensate 5 Arabs for discrimination
Citing nonexistent security regulation outlawing five or more members of minority group traveling together, Israir tried to kick passenger off flight to Eilat
By TOI staff
A Palestinian man wears a mask to protect his face from the dust as he walks past the Dome of the Rock mosque in the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, during a sandstorm on September 8, 2015, in the old city of Jerusalem. (AFP/AHMAD GHARABLI)
September 10, 2015, 7:54 pm
Sandstorm to linger through the weekend
Dust clouds, heatwave and high humidity expected to taper off by Sunday; Israel breaks power usage, air pollution records
By TOI staff
A woman wears a mask to cover her mouth on a dusty day in Tel Aviv September 09, 2015. (FLASH90)
September 10, 2015, 10:42 am
Israelis break power record as sandstorm persists into third day
High temperatures expected to continue into weekend and holidays even as dust clears from air over coming day
By TOI staff
View of Jerusalem on the second day of a heavy sandstorm that covered Israel, September 9, 2015. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)
September 9, 2015, 9:40 pm
Over 600 Israelis treated as sandstorm continues unabated
Pollution in Jerusalem reaches 173 times normal amount; flights to and from Eilat canceled until at least Thursday
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of an airplane taking off from Eilat's airport, December 2012. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
July 13, 2015, 10:17 am
Eilat-bound jets get anti-missile defense pods
SkyShield installed on commercial airliners servicing southern resort town due to threat of attacks from Sinai Peninsula
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of an Israir plane on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport, August 3, 2013 (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
May 26, 2015, 6:07 am
Israir jet held in Lisbon over outstanding debt
CEO calls move by Portuguese EuroAtlantic Airways drastic, since dispute over seven-year-old damages is still in courts
By TOI staff
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