Israeli flight ELAL-082 Makes an Emergency Landing in Goa; All Passengers Safe

An Israeli flight ELAL-082 flying from Bangkok to Tel Aviv arrived safely in an Indian operated airfield in Goa. 

The flight which was carrying 276 personnel onboard had to make an emergency landing.

It arrived at Dabolim in Goa with just one engine working while the other had been shut off. 

Indian Navy told that the airfield had to be prepared at short notice for the arrival of the flight as it was closed for ongoing upgradation work. 

They reopened the airfield to enable safe recovery of the aircraft following all safety procedures. 

“In a swift execution of emergency procedures, #IndianNavy operated airfield at Dabolim, Goa facilitated safe recovery of Flight ELAL-082 en route to Tel Aviv from Bangkok with 276 personnel onboard, the flight made an emergency landing in early morning hours of Nov 1,” the spokesperson of Indian Navy posted on Twitter.

“The aircraft had declared emergency citing left engine shut. The airfield which was closed for ongoing upgradation work, was made available at short notice enabling safe recovery of aircraft as per standard operating procedures,” it added.

The flight arrived safely in the airfield with all the 276 personnel. The Israeli foreign ministry connected with the authorities in Goa. All the passengers were shifted to a nearby hotel after taking the routine RT PCR Test.