Turkey refuses to let Israeli flight evacuate, refuel after emergency landing: reports

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Turkish officials Sunday allegedly refused to let an Israeli flight evacuate or refuel after it made an emergency landing in Antalya because of a medical crisis onboard, Israeli media reported.

Flt. LY5102 was flying directly from Warsaw, Poland, to Tel Aviv in Israel in the morning when the airline said the plane had to land at Turkey’s Antalya International airport after a passenger fell ill,

After waiting, the flight crew was informed that they would not be allowed to do either, forcing the plane to fly off to Greece’s Rhodes airport to refuel, according to Israel’s Army Radio.Rescued Israeli hostage Noa Argamani speaks out for first time, says ‘biggest worry’ in captivity was for her terminally ill mother, dad

Flt. LY5102 then took off from Antalya at 6:18 p.m. local time, arriving in Greece less than 40 minutes later, according to flight tracking site Flight Aware.

 

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