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Plane ditches in the sea off Tel Aviv

April 5, 2016 08:58
Rescue services tend to passengers on board the small aircraft which landed by the Tel Aviv port (Photo: Instagram)

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Sandy Rashty,

Sandy Rashty

1 min read

A plane has been forced to make an emergency landing off the coast of Tel Aviv.

The small aircraft ditched in the Mediterranean near the city’s Metzitzim beach after the pilot reportedly lost control of the flight on Sunday morning.

There were no serious injuries or casualties reported.

People who appeared to be passengers were pictured holding on to the side of the plane. Witnesses say two people, a 57- and 47-year-old, were rescued from the craft. They were treated at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre for minor shoulder injuries.

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