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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 20:34 08/11/2007 El Al plane from N.Y. hits flower crates at B-G Airport; no injuries By Zohar Blumenkrantz, Haaretz Correspondent tags: flight safety, Israel  An El Al airplane carrying approximately 450 passengers from New York was involved in a ground accident at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Thursday, causing no damage. The Boeing 747-700 brushed against crates of flowers which were positioned too close to its parking bay. No passengers were hurt in the incident, and all disembarked without hindrance. Yitzhak Raz from the Israel Aviation Authority's accident department was investigating the incident. According to Raz the flowers were simply placed too close to the airplane's motor in its parking bay, and it brushed against them. Advertisement "In this case, no danger was posed to passengers. All that happened was a slight scrape of the motor's exterior," he said. Deputy Manager of Operations at El Al, Captain Lior Yavor said the airplane was not damaged in the incident. The accident was the most recent in a string of dangerous incidents at Ben Gurion airport. The International Civil Aviation Organization conducted a probe in Israel in January, finding severe safety breaches in almost all of the country's air facilities. Related articles: Study: Infrastructure neglect at Ben Gurion poses safety risk Radio disruptions at B-G airport caused by W. Bank pirate station Airports Authority confirms near-miss at Ben-Gurion Airport 3 Ben Gurion airport workers hurt after inhaling dangerous substance Bookmark to del.icio.us Preface to peace? The U.S. has rejected Abbas' demand for a schedule for the final-status agreement. Crowd control The IFA has banned Beitar Jerusalem fans from two home games for booing Rabin.   1.   CAPTAIN ON DRUGS OR WHAT......... 19:46  |  Robert 08/11/07   2.   EL AL 20:38  |  Fussion 08/11/07   3.   FLOWER POWER... 21:36  |  Webster 08/11/07   4.   oops 22:21  |  Mark Lincoln 08/11/07   5.   Flowering what 22:42  |  franky 08/11/07   6.   Like the Jewish Agency Aliya Poster Says... 00:45  |  Eliyahu Hakim 09/11/07   7.   El Al has lots of technical problems. And not only! 01:12  |  Robin 09/11/07   8.   Ground strike 01:47  |  Tiger Mike 09/11/07   9.   The Jackals#`s 1,2,3,5,6,7,8 are striking! 11:27  |  S 09/11/07   10.   arab florists?? 14:22  |  ROB OF MELBOURNE AUS 09/11/07

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