emergency landing at ben gurion - 777 coming back (landing gear trouble)

[st7860]

Plane with 270 passengers on board that was enroute to New York from Israel is heading back to Tel Aviv airport for an emergency landing.

from www.canada.com/theprovince (http://www.canada.com/theprovince) e-alert list. cant find it on google news yet


its all over twitter. cnn.com doesnt have anything ye.t

[st7860]

Report: Ambulances on stand by at Ben Gurion Airport (Tel Aviv) for emergency landing plane w/ 279 ppl on board.



Report: Ambulances on stand by at Ben Gurion Airport (Tel Avi... on Twitpic (http://twitpic.com/51bbop)


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[eagle21]

Looks like the LY027 TLV-EWR B747-400 is coming back

[st7860]

High alert at Ben Gurion as plane plans ... JPost - National News (http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=221765)

El Al plane carrying 279 passengers on board takes off en route to New York but forced to return to attempt emergency landing after technical fault found in left wheel; over 70 MDA rescue teams at scene.


A state of emergency was announced at Ben Gurion (http://newstopics.jpost.com/topic/Ben_Gurion_International_Airport) Airport overnight Sunday because of a technical fault on board an El Al (http://newstopics.jpost.com/topic/El_Al) expected to land at the airport.

The El Al plane, carrying 279 passengers on board, took off en route to New York (http://newstopics.jpost.com/topic/New_York_City) but was forced to turn back and perform an emergency landing when it was discovered that there was a technical fault in one of the plane's left wheels.

Over 70 MDA rescue teams were stationed at the airport as well as teams of firefighters.

While the plane waits to make the emergency landing, the pilots were instructed to release the plane's fuel in the Mediterranean Sea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of7ZoqqVUZ4

[Capn Bloggs]

the pilots were instructed to release the plane's fuel
Who by, the Prime Minister?

[st7860]

lots of pictures
The Yeshiva World - Frum Jewish News (http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/photos.php?albumid=5609698774683117889)

The Yeshiva World BREAKING NEWS: El Al Aircraft Emergency At Ben Gurion Airport [UPDATED 10:00PM EST] « » Frum Jewish News (http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/93212/BREAKING-NEWS:-El-Al-Aircraft-Emergency-At-Ben-Gurion-Airport-)[UPDATED-9:54PM-EST].html

FIRST REPORT 7:55PM EST:[UPDATES & PHOTOS BELOW] Dozens of ambulances from MDA, Hatzolah Volunteers, Police, and Rescue Personnel are all currently responding to Ben Gurion Airport for a confirmed aircraft emergency. Sources tell YWN Israel that the landing gear of an incoming aircraft is not going down, and an emergency has been declared. There are reportedly 279 passengers aboard the aircraft.

UPDATE 8:16PM EST: There are conflicting reports as to what flight this aircraft is, but the latest info is that it is El Al flight 27. This will be confirmed shortly.

UPDATE 8:24PM EST: YWN Israel has confirmed that the The El Al plane, which has 279 passengers on board, has a faulty left wheel.

UPDATED 8:35PM EST:The flight is scheduled to land at 5:15 Israel Time. A YWN Israel reporter live on the scene reports that additional rescue personnel are still arriving.

UPDATE 9:05PM EST: This flight took off from Ben Gurion Airport en-route to Newark Airport, when just after takeoff the landing gear malfunctioned. The aircraft has been dumping fuel over the water for the past 2 hours, and will do so until 5:15AM Israel Tme.

UPDATE 9:45PM EST: Reports stating that the aircraft has landed are false. YWN will publish an update as soon as the aircraft lands, or there is any other available update.

UPDATE 9:54PM EST: YWN has confirmed that the flight is in fact packed with Americans returning to the U.S. after spending Lag BaOmer in Meron. We have also confirmed that there are multiple Hatzolah members from the New York area aboard the plane as well.

UPDATE 10:00PM EST: With 10 minutes until the emergency landing, all emergency personal have just been loaded onto the ambulances.

[MikeNYC]

Initial reports are of a safe landing around 10:37PM EST.

[atakacs]

Complete non event ?

[MikeNYC]

From what I can find, just sparks, smoke, no injuries. Possibly partially collapsed gear. Photos of the 777 safely down: The Yeshiva World - Frum Jewish News (http://bit.ly/iNLbe4)

[Lost in Saigon]

Looks OK to me.....

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/msowsun/Airline/_1d.jpg

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

Much ado about nothing...