A Lufthansa plane flying from Munich to Tel Aviv landed in Larnaca. Passengers were offered to either return back to Germany or get off in Cyprus, but without luggage.
The incident occurred on the morning of August 1. During the flight, passengers were informed that the plane would land in Cyprus due to technical reasons. When the plane landed in Larnaca, it was announced that the continuation of the flight to Tel Aviv was canceled and the plane would return to Germany. The reason was the refusal of the crew to go to Israel.
Passengers were told they could either return to Munich or disembark at Larnaca, but their luggage would remain on board and be taken back to Germany.
A similar incident took place on the evening of July 30. The Austrian Airlines plane, flying from Vienna to Tel Aviv, turned around in the air over Cyprus and returned to Vienna.
Amid a new round of escalation of the conflict between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah, a number of airlines are suspending flights to Israel. These include United Airlines, Delta Airlines and British Airways.
The text was prepared based on materials from Politis and Times of Israel
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