Delta and other airlines have cancelled all flights to Israel indefinitely, according to reports. The decision comes after reports of a rocket landing near the Tel Aviv airport.
At least one Israel-bound flight was diverted to Paris mid-flight, according to reports.
UPDATE: The FAA has released the following statement:
At 12:15 EST on July 22, 2014, the FAA issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) informing U.S. airlines that they are prohibited from flying to or from Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport for a period of up to 24 hours. The notice was issued in response to a rocket strike which landed approximately one mile from Ben Gurion International Airport on the morning of July 22, 2014. The NOTAM applies only to U.S. operators, and has no authority over foreign airlines operating to or from the airport.
The FAA immediately notified U.S. carriers when the agency learned of the rocket strike and informed them that the agency was finalizing a NOTAM.
The FAA will continue to monitor and evaluate the situation. Updated instructions will be provided to U.S. airlines as soon as conditions permit, but no later than 24 hours from the time the NOTAM went into force.
[TLS – News Breakers/Kol Haolam]
United did not cancel. Only Delta and US Airways.
United also cancelled some
United cancelled both flights from Newark to Ben Gurion for today (Tuesday)
Call me a conspiracy theorist but I truly believe this is Kerry’s desperate attempt at forcing Israel to end this.
If a plane full of US citizens were hit by a rocket, all hell would break loose. Your conspiracy theory is truly extreme. Right now Israel is a danger zone.
Jews on the diverted plane were sadly in more danger being forced to land in Paris of all places then they would have been had they continued on to Eretz Yisroel.