LY224 - Incident: El Al B738 at Tel Aviv on May 26th 2022
Created Thursday, May 26th 2022 20:24Z, last updated Thursday, May 26th 2022 20:24Z
An El Al Boeing 737-800, registration 4X-EKT performing flight LY-224 from Nice (France) to Tel Aviv (Israel) with 170 people on board, was descending towards Tel Aviv when the crew received indications of a hydraulic failure affecting the landing gear. The aircraft entered a hold at FL080 for about 15 minutes, then continued for a safe landing on runway 26 about 30 minutes after levelling off at FL080. The aircraft vacated the runway and stopped on the parallel taxiway.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Tel Aviv about 7 hours after landing.
Source: The Aviation Herald