Tel Aviv-Bound Delta Flight Turns Around After Rocket Lands Near Israel's Main Airport
Delta Air Lines is canceling all flights to Israel until further notice, citing reports that a rocket landed near Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport.
A Delta Boeing 747 from New York was flying over the Mediterranean headed for Tel Aviv on Tuesday when it turned around and flew to Paris instead. Flight 468 had 273 passengers and 17 crew on board.
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It's amazing quite how effective terrorism can be. There are probably thousands of Americans now stranded in Israel and thousands of Israelis stranded in the US, with no idea how they might get home. And one relatively well-aimed home-made rocket did all that.