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Bomb scare delays El Al flight to Germany

Police alerted to plane stalled at terminal after one passenger hears another speaking of bomb

El Al flight 357 to Frankfurt was returned to the terminal at Ben Gurion International Airport Wednesday after one passenger heard another say there was a bomb on board.

 

The passenger alerted the flight crew to what she had heard, and they in turn summoned the police.

 

Officers discovered that the woman had not understood her fellow passenger correctly, and the flight took off after an hour's delay.

 

Gershon Halperin, whose son Miki was on the plane, told Ynet his son had called him at 10 am to say the flight, which was scheduled for 9:20, had been delayed.

 

"He said they had been instructed to turn their phones off, but he just managed to tell me that the plane was surrounded by a lot of police cars and that security officers had boarded," Halperin said.

 

Aviel Magnezi contributed to this report

 

 


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