Türkiye refuses refueling: Emergency forces El Al to land in Antalya

A jet belonging to the Israeli airline El Al, which was en route from Warsaw (Poland) to Tel Aviv, had to be rescheduled due to a medical incident involving a passenger in Antalya (Türkiye) had to make an emergency landing. This was reported by the Israeli television station Channel 12.

After consultation with the doctor who examined the passenger in Airplane It was decided to land urgently so that the patient could be taken to hospital as quickly as possible.

According to Channel 12, the passengers were stuck on board and were not allowed to leave the plane. The Turks also refused to refuel the plane.

Since the beginning of the war against the Hamas were all Direct flights from Israel to Turkey. Turkey is currently one of Israel’s harshest critics and announced in May that it would stop all exports and imports to and from Israel until at least October 26, 2024.

El Al was considering taking off and landing at an airport in another country because the Turks were unwilling to refuel the plane, Channel 12 said.

According to “Flightradar 24”, El Al flight LY5102 has now been diverted to Rhodes (Greece). Apparently, the plane was neither refueled nor the medical emergency on board was evacuated.

Before the outbreak of war, Turkish Airlines was the leading foreign airline in Israel in terms of passenger numbers. On October 10, three days after Start of war it ceased its activities in the country.