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Israel diverts flight from Ben Gurion to southern airport
13 May 2021 00:22 BST
Israel diverted an incoming flight from Ben Gurion Airport on Thursday to a southern airport designed to serve as a wartime alternative to its main international gateway outside Tel Aviv, aviation tracker Avi Scharf said on Twitter.
Was just about to land TLV when rockets started flying toward airport. Was holding and now diverted Ramon airport near Eilat pic.twitter.com/tJ9cAHEcao
— avi scharf (@avischarf) May 12, 2021
The El Al Israel Airlines flight 332 was en route Ramon Airport near Eilat, Scharf, an editor with Israel's Haaretz newspaper said. Online data suggested the flight had come from Brussels.