Air Canada flight ordered to circle near Tel Aviv as Hamas rockets target airport National Post Staff | July 25, 2014 | Last Updated: Jul 25 9:52 AM ET More from National Post Staff . . As an Air Canada flight from Toronto neared Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport Friday, Israeli air traffic control ordered the plane to circle while officials tried to confirm runways were safe. Hamas’s armed wing said it tried to strike the airport in Tel Aviv again Friday, after international airlines this week temporarily suspended flights citing security concerns. Israel’s army said its Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepted two rockets fired at the Tel Aviv area, and had no reports of injuries or damage. Air Canada spokesperson Isabelle Arthur confirmed that the plane landed without incident after 10 minutes of performing “a standard go-around.” Air Canada’s return flight from Tel Aviv to Toronto departed the airport safely, she said. The airline planned to operate a Friday evening flight to Tel Aviv as scheduled, Ms. Arthur said. All three U.S. airlines serving Israel resumed flights there Thursday, following a two-day hiatus. The decision came hours after the Federal Aviation Administration lifted its ban on U.S. flights in and out of Israel, which the agency had imposed out of concern for the risk of planes being hit by Hamas rockets. . But Germany’s two largest airlines said they are not yet resuming flights to Israel even though the European Aviation Safety Agency has lifted a recommendation that airlines refrain from flying to Tel Aviv. Air Berlin says flights to Tel Aviv remain suspended at least through midday Friday, while Lufthansa says all Friday flights to the airport have been cancelled because of ongoing security concerns after a Gaza rocket landed about a mile away from Israel’s international airport. Lufthansa’s cancellations apply to subsidiaries Germanwings, Austrian Airlines, Swiss and Brussels Airlines as well. With files from Bloomberg and the Associated Press news.nationalpost/2014/07/25/air-canada-flight-ordered-to-circle-near-tel-aviv-as-hamas-rockets-target-airport/
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 14:53:13 +0000
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