A aircraft with 12 Israelis from Dubai turned into forced to land in Malaysia

About every week after a aircraft full of Israeli passengers was pressured to land in Saudi Arabia in which they spent an entire night time, these days (Tuesday) the Ministry of Foreign Affairs allowed ebook of any other unusual event: a aircraft from Dubai to Singapore with 12 Israelis made an unscheduled landing in Malaysia this morning, with which Israel has no diplomatic family members.Emirates flight 354 become required to make an unscheduled landing in Malaysia because of excessive weather conditions. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs carried out scenario tests and worked to establish contact with one of the Israeli passengers with the assist of the airline.

 

Under the route of Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, during the day the director widespread of the ministry Ronan Levy held normal situation exams with the department for Israelis abroad within the consular wing, scenario middle and the Israeli missions in Dubai and Singapore with a view to make certain that each one Israelis are secure. During their live on Malaysian soil, the passengers of the aircraft were not required to get off it and after about five hours of ready at the runway – the flight left again on its manner to its original vacation spot, Singapore.

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen: “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to act for the benefit of the Israeli citizen in first rate instances like this. From the instant word of the incident became recognised, I informed the Director General of the Ministry Ronan Levy (Maoz) to act to clear up the incident and make certain that each one Israelis are safe.”

The Emirates airline said: “Difficult weather conditions over East Asia induced flight EK354 (at the Dubai-Singapore course) to be diverted to Kuala Lumpur. The flight took off at 19:00 (local time) to Singapore, and we're making excellent efforts to get our passengers to their very last vacation spot as soon as possible viable. We express regret for any inconvenience caused, but the protection of our passengers is a pinnacle precedence.”