According to a report appearing in the weekly Mishpacha Magazine, it has learned that a flight from Moscow was scheduled to land in Ben-Gurion International Airport at 00:30 between Friday night and Shabbos morning. Also basing the report on a reliable source, whose name is not released by the magazine, quoting the El Al flight arrivals recording, one flight landed moments before candle lighting, while two others arrived Friday night, after the start of Shabbos.
El Al officials deny the accusations, insisting no flights take off or land on Shabbos. "Since the agreement was signed, about $1 million was spent towards Shmiras Shabbos,? El Al officials insist. Tens of thousands of dollars were spent to accommodate stranded passengers once it became apparent they would not be permitted to fly as Shabbos approached. The airline�s manager added that every Friday he receives a report when all planes have arrived in Israel, before Shabbos, so reports that a plane landed Friday night near midnight are simply inaccurate and untrue.
The Vaad for Shmiras Shabbos seems to side with El Al, stating if such a flight involving chilul Shabbos would have taken place, they would have received at least 20 different reports.
The source for the article questions however if the airline does not fly on Shabbos, how do officials explain the recorded message stating the Moscow flight arrived in Tel Aviv at 00:30?
(Yechiel Spira - YWN Israel)
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php?p=27378
---------------------------- Sponsor ----------------------------
Use Our Ride-sharing Network!
Our service has Boruch Hashem seen an overwhelming response.
If you are able to, please do a Mitzvah and offer a ride to those
who can�t afford or don�t know how to drive.
www.theyeshivaworld.com/rideshare
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Was this emailed forwarded to you? Sign up to receive your own email notifications at
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com//subscribe.php
yid.vid.news@gmail.com has signed up to receive these notifications.
If you would like to unsubscribe, visit the url below:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com//remove.php?email=yid.vid.news@gmail.com
