A level 2 state of emergency was declared in Ben-Gurion International Airport on Sunday afternoon 8 Elul as a Boeing 737-800 with 198 passengers and crew on board reported it was heading back following takeoff due to a technical malfunction. The problem was connected to the plane’s cabin pressurization system.
As EMS agencies were responding the call, informed the plane was expected to touch down in 20 minutes, the flight was able to touch down in the airport, B’chasdei Hashem without incident or injuries. The emergency response was canceled.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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7 Responses
Baruch Hashem they landed safely. I’m not sure if a 737-800 counts as a jumbo jet, it is a stretched version of the smallest Boeing passenger jet – either way 198 (think 200!) is a LOT of people. It could have been bad.
Jumbo jet or 737-800 ?
The 737 isn’t a jumbo jet and I don’t think that it holds 198 passengers.
Bh. Just pointing out that ‘Jumbo Jet ‘ usually refers to a Boeing 747.
A 737-800 is not a jumbo jet. It is actually one of the smaller commercial jets out there.
How about telling us which Airline or flight it was?
Which airline? A 737 def isnt a jumbo jet. A 747, A380, maybe a 777