An El Al flight en route from Bangkok to Tel Aviv was forced
to make an emergency landing in Eritrea on Wednesday morning due to problems
with the plane's engine.
The 218 passengers on flight LY 082 were still waiting for
an alternative plane to continue their journey back to Israel.
The Boeing 767 jet took off from Bangkok on Tuesday evening
at 7:30 P.M. A problem was detected in one its engines a few hours into the
flight, and the pilots decided to make the emergency landing in Asmara, the
capital of Eritrea.
El Al said that it would be sending an alternative jet in
the next few hours to retrieve the stranded passengers. "The safety of our
passengers is the most important thing," the company said.
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