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Israeli passenger plane makes emergency landing in Sofia

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Photo: Luiza Lazarova, BNR

A Boeing 737-800 of EL AL Israel Airlines made an emergency landing on Sofia Airport. The plane landed safely. No injured passengers have been reported. The plane was flying from Sofia to Tel Aviv. The flight continued 41 minutes and the plane returned to Vrazhdebna Airport. The plane made emergency landing because of a suspected bird strike after take-off.




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