Few flights are likely to be as packed as El Al’s from London to Tel Aviv two days before Pesach.
Strange, then, that the firm brought forward the departure of Saturday night’s jet by 20 minutes to 10.10pm.
Not such a big issue, you might think, but consider that the plane was taking off from Heathrow, just 90 minutes after Shabbat ended, and you realise why so many people were concerned.
The original departure time of 10.30pm meant that, technically, religious passengers would not be able to make the flight, which had a supposed three-hour check-in limit.
