Hundreds of people who flew to Bulgaria to be mispallel at the tziyun of the Pele Yoetz (‘הפלא יועץ’ ) were delayed in the airport for five hours. They had planned to return to in Ben-Gurion airport before midnight but in actuality, they returned during the predawn hours on Wednesday 7 Tishrei 5774.

Passengers explained there was a brief power outage in the airport followed by computer failure. They added that during the hours of waiting, they were not even offered a cup of water.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)