El Al Israel Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in Haifa.

Flights to Israel Return to Bangkok Amid Airspace Closure

BANGKOK (NNT) – Immigration authorities at Suvarnabhumi Airport responded to an unexpected turn of events when two Israel-bound flights were forced to return to Thailand early Sunday morning (Apr 14). The closures of airspace over Iraq, Israel, and Jordan, triggered by escalating military actions in the region, led to the diversion of the flights.

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El Al Israel Airlines flight LY82 from Suvarnabhumi to Tel Aviv and flight LY88 from Phuket to Tel Aviv, carrying 275 and 290 passengers, landed back in Bangkok at 5.20 a.m. and 5.50 a.m., respectively.

Full story: National News Bureau of Thailand

Krajangwit Johjit
National News Bureau of Thailand

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