Originally Posted by
Pinkman
If you look at the FR24 trace it appears that the transponder was switched off as the a/c approached Ben Gurion then on again a few minutes later as it stooged around to the North before heading back to UK.
Or the local FR24 feeders had simply stopped tracking it, either of their own volition or having been told to.
Or FR24 decided to suppress plots in a war zone.
Lots of possible reasons that don't involve the transponder.