An El Al flight preparing for a landing in Ben-Gurion International Airport, carrying 300 passengers, almost crashed in the Jerusalem Hills three months ago.
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The plane dropped to an altitude below the permitted level, and the copilot realized the aircraft was heading for a mountain. He and another member of the cockpit crew took swift corrective action, thereby averting a disaster, making a safe touchdown in Ben-Gurion.
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The incident occurred at the end of November 2008, involving a Boeing 767, traveling from a European country to Israel. It dropped to a landing altitude and began making an approach in the Modi'in - Maccabim-Re'ut area. Traveling at about 200 meters, the copilot realized the plane was heading straight into the side of a mountain. El Al was giving serious thought to dismissing the pilot, but backed down in response to staunch opposition from the El Al and national pilot unions. The captain was grounded for several weeks.
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A mutual agreement was reached between management and the pilot, and he took a reduction in rank for four months and returned to flight school to review many of the required skills. It was agreed that only after completing the courses successfully would he be reinstated to his former rank and position.
El Al stresses that at no time was there any danger to passengers.
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The Israel Civil Aviation Association is presently conducting tests involving landing with the plane's auto pilot computer system in place of manual landings, evaluating the performance. The auto pilot system is designed to take security restrictions into account pertaining to planes coming in for a landing from the east. Some of the restrictions involve the implemented recommendations of the Lapidot Commission and the recent downgrading of Israel's international airport standing to 2, a third world rating, by the American Federal Aviation Commission.
(Yechiel Spira - YWN Israel)
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