Sunday evening over Tel Aviv. A plane from Israeli airline El Al approaches Ben-Gurion airport in the southeastern Mediterranean metropolis as sirens blare and defensive missiles lift off from “Iron Dome” batteries. Under the rain of rockets from Hamas, the Boeing 737 manages to land safely despite numerous explosions in the air. But the situation could have ended badly.
And not for the first time: aircraft from Israel have been repeatedly targeted by terrorist attacks in recent decades, sometimes narrowly escaping catastrophe. Around 2002, when an Arkia Airlines Boeing 757 with 260 passengers on board was hit by fragments of an anti-aircraft missile fired by terrorists while taking off from Kenya. No one was injured and the missile missed the target. But in Israel it was recognized that passenger planes could also be targeted and that defensive measures had to be taken. Today, El Al’s entire aircraft fleet is equipped with a defense system otherwise only used in the military sector. How it works.
Source: Krone
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