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Old Aug 25, 2024 | 9:21 am
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Originally Posted by atcodave
Clearly at point of departure everything was normal, at some stage during the flight Israel and Hezbollah started lobbing missiles at each other.
It wasn't normal at time of departure. Ben Gurion airport was closed at 3.19am our time while the missile strikes were ongoing - the BA flight didn't take off until 7.40am.
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