Update 20:38: Reports that the plane has B"H landed safely and there were no reported injuries.
El Al plane carrying 279 passengers on board takes off en route to New York but forced to return to attempt emergency landing after technical fault found in left wheel; over 70 MDA rescue teams at scene.
High Alert at Ben Gurion As Plane Has Emergency Landing
Update 20:38: Reports that the plane has B”H landed safely and there were no reported injuries.
El Al plane carrying 279 passengers on board takes off en route to New York but forced to return to attempt emergency landing after technical fault found in left wheel; over 70 MDA rescue teams at scene.
A state of emergency was announced at Ben Gurion Airport overnight Sunday because of a technical fault on board an El Al flight expected to land at the airport.
The El Al flight 027, carrying 279 passengers on board, took off en route to New York but was forced to turn back and perform an emergency landing when it was discovered that there was a technical fault in one of the plane’s left wheels.
Over 70 MDA rescue teams were stationed at the airport as well as teams of firefighters.
While the Boeing 777 plane was waiting to make the emergency landing, the pilots were instructed to release the plane’s fuel in the Mediterranean Sea.
Rely on R- Shimon Bar Yochai!
כדאי הוא רבי שמעון לסמוך עליו בשעת הדחק
(ברכות דף ט’ עמוד א’)
R’ Shimon Bar Yochai can surely be relied upon in times of extreme emergency.
This is exactly what occurred here! A literal realization of the words of Chazal!
Clarification of Comment #1
I looks like the Hebrew did not come out in Comment #1, so I will transliterate it from Gemara Brachos, Daf 9a:
KE’DAI HU RABI SHIMON LIS’MOSH ALAV BISH’AS HAD’CHAK
R’ Shimon Bar Yochai can surely be relied upon in times of extreme emergency.
This was a true emergency situation, and the miracle of the safe landing was a true realization of the words of Chazal. R’ Shimon bar Yochai can truly be relied upon!