Later, the flight flew to Rhodes on Sunday evening for refuelling and will then continue on to Israel.
“Following a medical incident that occurred on flight LY5102 from Warsaw to Tel Aviv, the flight landed in Antalya, Turkey and the passenger was removed from the plane for urgent medical treatment. The flight crew prepared to continue its flight to TLV, but local workers refused to refuel the El Al plane, even though it had landed due to a medical emergency, El Al said in a written statement sent to JNS.
“The plane took off to Rhodes, where it will refuel before continuing to Israel. We would like to emphasize that El Al puts the health and safety of its passengers as a top priority.”
“If this doesn’t convince travellers not to fly with Turkish Airlines when they resume flights to Tel Aviv, I don’t what else will,” Mark Feldman, Jerusalem director of Diesenhaus Tours, told JNS.
“I have nothing against the Turkish people but Turkish Airlines is owned by a despot who should be shunned at all costs.”
