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Bird-strike forces an Israeli plane to land emergency
The flight was directed from Sofia to Tel Aviv
![T2 Sofia Airport, Bulgaria](https://avionews.it/resources/big/0b70cb2066312d946fb496fd814820c8.jpg.webp)
Flight LY5298 of El Al Israeli airline was forced to make an emergency landing at Sofia airport because of a bird-strike. The plane, a B-737/804, left Sofia at 2:29pm local time towards Tel Aviv, but about 40 minutes after take-off it had to reverse the route and return to the airport of the Bulgarian capital due to a collision with a bird. The plane landed safely and the passengers landed normally....
DDB - 1222604
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency