Oh, and I have seen both as to ELAL planes at the gate and parked away. At LAX, it usually seems to be parked in the remote areas, which ironically can actually be more of a threat from the areas around the airport. Highway goes right by there.

At Zurich it parks at a regular gate and we can get close to it on the observation deck, while as someone said in Germany, and certainly in Frankfurt, they leave from separate gates and I wouldn't want to leave from there. I was taking pics of planes and caught the LY 757, surrounded by German police and armed guards, a tank, and to say the least they didn't like it. I think pics of any other plane is ok. Interesting.

I am assuming any pics of anything, any plane, any entity at Ben Gurion is out!
Would that be true? thanks, toda.

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