British Airways (BA) has suspended flights to Tel Aviv – after Hamas mentioned it had attacked the Israeli airport.
It got here after a BA flight was on method to the airport when the captain made the choice to divert again to Heathrow.
A spokesperson for Israel’s airports authority mentioned rockets had been flying round Tel Aviv on the time however weren’t a direct risk to the flight or to Ben Gurion Airport.
Hamas’s armed army wing mentioned a missile had struck the airport.
Al Qassam Brigades mentioned it had “bombarded” the positioning in response to civilians being focused by Israel.
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Info from flight-tracking web site Flightradar confirmed the flight in query, BA165, had nearly reached Tel Aviv when the touchdown was aborted.
Its imagery urged that the airplane banked to the correct and continued again over the Mediterranean, largely retracing its inbound flight path from Heathrow.
British Airways, which had been amongst solely a handful of world airways to proceed flights to and from Tel Aviv since Saturday’s assault on Israel by Hamas, mentioned security was at all times its “highest precedence”.
“Following the most recent evaluation of the scenario we’re suspending our flights to and from Tel Aviv”, the airline’s assertion continued.
“We’re contacting prospects booked to journey to or from Tel Aviv to apologise for the inconvenience and provide choices together with a full refund and rebooking with one other airline or with British Airways at a later date.
“We proceed to watch the scenario within the area intently.”
Different airways, together with Ryanair, easyJet and Wizz halted providers to Tel Aviv earlier within the week.
Virgin Atlantic was but to decide on whether or not all its flights to town would now be suspended.
A spokesperson mentioned: “The protection of our prospects and our groups is our primary precedence, at all times.
“We’re presently reviewing our flying programme and no additional determination has been taken but.”
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