I saw this guy coming low over our house (20KMS south from SPL) yesterday afternoon in a fairly sharp left bank but then we are used to El Al guys doing strange manoeuvres.
Local English News gave following report - village of Langeaar is about 10kms short of SPL. Plane is appearantly now able to continue its journey.
AMSTERDAM — An investigation has been launched after an El Al cargo jet landed at Schiphol Airport at 6pm on Sunday with a burst tyre
and missing two pieces of its fuselage that fell off mid-flight from New York.
The Israeli plane was en route from New York to Frankfurt, but landed safely in Amsterdam, where El Al's European headquarters is located.
No one was injured in the incident.
Residents near Schiphol reported on Sunday that they saw two pieces of the plane fall to the ground,
and an inspection upon the plane's arrival at the airport revealed part of its outer body had broken off.
An 80cm by 80cm piece was later found in Langeraar, near Leiden on the North and South Holland provincial border,
while a smaller L-shaped piece has not yet been recovered.
Aviation police also said one of the plane's tyres had burst upon take-off from New York,
but the plane landed safely despite the problem, Dutch associated press ANP reported on Monday.
The Council for Transport Safety has launched an investigation into the incident
and a spokesman said the cause of the damage to the plane has not yet been determined.
Standard procedure requires the plane temporarily remain on the ground.