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Israeli fighter jets dispatched to help flight from Dubai in distress

The plane was suspected to have a missing wheel upon departure

Published: Fri 23 Dec 2022, 4:46 PM

Updated: Fri 23 Dec 2022, 5:06 PM

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Two Israel fighter jets were dispatched on Friday afternoon to assist a light civilian transport aircraft that was en route from Dubai and had run into some difficulties.

According to a tweet shared by Israeli Air Force, the plane had departed from Dubai and was planning to perform an emergency landing at Ben Gurion Airport due to a suspected missing wheel.

The jets did an on-air inspection and found that all the wheels were normal.

The aircraft then made a safe landing.



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