A “work dispute” has left hundreds of El Al passengers on four departing flights were stranded in Ben Gurion Airport Thursday. According to multiple reports, the pilots never showed up for work and they are not answering their cell phones. Their whereabouts are literally unknown. El Al management said that the pilots appear to be carrying out a protest motivated by a work dispute.

El Al released a statement which apologized to the passengers who are suffering as a result of the delays and are taking action to get them to their destinations as fast as possible.

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