Israeli Boeing makes emergency landing

12 April 2012

An El Al jet with 260 passengers aboard and crippled landing gear made an emergency landing at Israel's international airport today.

Rescue services spokesman Zaki Heller said the jet landed at dawn at Ben Gurion airport, Tel Aviv, as more than 70 rescue crews stood by and hospitals went on alert.

The Boeing 777 was en route to Newark, New Jersey, when it was forced to turn back, dumping its fuel into the Mediterranean as a safety procedure.

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