Not landing in Rome. There is a medical emergency and they are flying to israel
What is the emergency?
Unless they have Israeli passports.
Bechadrei is reporting that:LY2 is diverting to Athens, landing at 2:45 pm with shabbos starting at 4:50 pm (instead of landing in TLV a half hour before shkiah). Approx 70 frum jews on board, many who switched from LY8. El Al has secured hotel rooms, and Rabbi Hendel of Chabad Athens is getting shabbos food and a sefer torah to the hotel. (What a chessed! No easy feat!)LY8 is diverting to Rome, landing 3:00 pm, shabbos at 4:30. It's unknown how many frum jews are on that flight, most who were originally on it switched to LY2.
according to the reports there was 180 shomer shabos on the flight, & LY provided hotel only for the 60 who ordered glatt kosher.
LOL. Another reason to order SKML!Source?Does anyone who was on the flight want to be interviewed?
LY provided hotel only for the 60 who ordered glatt kosher.
Source?
Any confirmation of the pilot saying if they chareidim would sit he would go back to the gate?
The captain blatantly lied to us. At 23:40, when it was clear that if we took off, we would land shortly before Shabbat in Israel, many religious people were demanding to be let off the plane. In order to get them to sit down the pilot announced that we were returning to the gate and to please sit. He then drove and took off within a few minutes — and of course in your seat you have no idea where the plane is driving towards. Lies.
Airliners thread on this - https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1408679
Insane is an understatement