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Last update - 00:00 22/08/2003
Pirate settler radio station delays landing of El Al plane
By Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent

An El Al aircraft with 420 passengers on board was delayed two-and-a-half hours from landing Friday afternoon at Ben Gurion Airport due to interference in the plane's communication with the control tower.
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The plane, which took off from New York, landed safely at 5:30 P.M. after it was discovered that a pirate radio station operated by settlers was the source of the disturbance.

The station was broadcasting from the roof of a synagogue at the Bat Ayin settlement, north of Ramallah.

Security forces, including police and Israel Defense Forces troops, pinpointed the location of the transmission and shut down the station. Only then was the plane able to reestablish communication with the control tower at the airport and land
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