Terminal 3 at Ben-Gurion Airport
Photo: Amnon Trablesi
Taxi busts through airport checkpoint; 4 Arabs nabbed
Ben-Gurion Airport security stops vehicle carrying four Arab passengers just 100 meters before entrance to newly-constructed terminal 3
Ben-Gurion Airport security stopped Sunday a taxicab carrying four Arab passengers just 100 meters (about 330 feet) short of the entrance to the newly constructed terminal 3, just moments before Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was scheduled to leave for Europe.
The taxi, which busted through the checkpoint at the airport’s entrance at around 3:45 p.m., raised the alert of security personnel, who quickly set up another checkpoint near terminal 3. Guards aimed their weapons at the passengers as the taxi approached, ordered them to step out of the vehicle, handcuffed them on the ground and took the suspects in for interrogation by airport police.
Eyewitness Moshe Malachi told Ynet, “It was very scary; security guards suddenly lunged at them with their guns drawn. The four people in the taxi appeared to be Arabs. It all took place near the entrance to the terminal, so people coming into the airport did not witness the incident.”
Israel Airports Authority officials said four suspects, apparently Arabs, were apprehended by security personnel and are currently in police custody.
