RAF helicopter makes emergency landing in Israel

autosync · 16th August 2008, 13:06

An RAF helicopter made an emergency landing at Israel's main airport in Tel Aviv today.

Micky Gurdus, who monitors air traffic for Israeli broadcasters, says the helicopter made the landing at Ben Gurion International Airport. None of the seven people on board was hurt.

Gurdus said the pilot was worried he'd lose control of the helicopter after experiencing some technical problems and asked to make the emergency landing.

It was not immediately clear where the helicopter came from or where it was headed.

jayteeto · 16th August 2008, 22:16

In London, the Ministry of Defence said the helicopter was on a non-operational flight to the UK from Iraq when the pilot decided to divert to Ben-Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, due to technical problems. A spokeswoman said the incident was being investigated.

Most reports are a cut and paste of the original, this para has been added to one site.

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