A refuelling plane was forced into an emergency landing at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Thursday (March 5) due to a reported hydraulic failure. According to Nir Dvori on Telegram, the refuelling aircraft made an "emergency landing at Ben Gurion Airport due to hydraulic malfunction," with a "state of alert declared".
There is currently no information on who the plane belongs to or what it was doing in the region. Ben Gurion Airport reopened to limited civilian flights on Thursday, five days after the war began. The Israeli government also announced on Thursday that outgoing flights would gradually resume on Sunday (March 8). Currently, the only flights departing from Tel Aviv are US Air Force aircraft which are patrolling the region.
Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) is strictly PPR (Prior Permission Required) for military and approved repatriation flights only.
