008 Delayed again
Aug 29, 2007 | 12:06 pm
#3
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Join Date: May 2007
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actually it was due to the ELD having problems - after problems with the ELA twice in the last two weeks, and then there was this quoted from Ynet
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Damaged El Al plane lands safely in Tel Aviv
Published: 08.29.07, 01:00 / Israel News
The El Al flight from Bangkok which declared an emergency situation after discovering two of its tires ripped during take-off, has landed safely at Ben-Gurion Airport at 1:00 am on Wednesday.
Large teams of police, firefighters and medical rescue teams had assembled on the runway as the plane neared the airport. (Eli Senior)
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Damaged El Al plane lands safely in Tel Aviv
Published: 08.29.07, 01:00 / Israel News
The El Al flight from Bangkok which declared an emergency situation after discovering two of its tires ripped during take-off, has landed safely at Ben-Gurion Airport at 1:00 am on Wednesday.
Large teams of police, firefighters and medical rescue teams had assembled on the runway as the plane neared the airport. (Eli Senior)
Aug 29, 2007 | 1:48 pm
#4
Join Date: Feb 2005
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The 767 problem was a bit more than that, and most probably not El AL's fault. It had two wheels changed at Bangkok but they put 767-200 wheels on it and it is a 767-300. The mistake was discovered after the aircraft had left. The emergency was declared as a routine matter, even though the likelihood of anything happening was extremely small.