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The Continental Airlines Beoing 777 that made an emergency landing in Ben-Gurion Airport on Saturday. (Nir Kafri) Last update - 18:29 05/04/2008 Plane makes emergency landing in Ben-Gurion Airport By Zohar Blumenkrantz and Roni Singer-Heruti, Haaretz Correspondents Tags: Continental Airlines  A Continental Airlines plane on Saturday made a safe emergency landing in Ben-Gurion Airport after an engine failure caused the pilot to change route and head back to the Israeli airport shortly after takeoff. The Boeing 777 plane, carrying 241 passengers on board, had to circle the Israeli airspace in order to be rid of excess fuel weight before finally landing in the airport, while Ben-Gurion air traffic controllers declared a state of emergency. The plane eventually landed safely, after airport's safety precautions called over 70 ambulances to the scene. Upon landing, an initial investigation found that the engine temperature was above normal, following an electric short circuit. Advertisement A passenger on the flight told Haaretz that no panic was felt. "Everyone was calm," he said. "The pilot explained that there was problem but that he did not foresee trouble landing. Only after landing did we start getting worried phone-calls from relatives telling us that we had made a forced emergency landing. We weren;t even aware that this was the case." Bookmark to del.icio.us   Double agent U.S. arrests American over suspected nuclear espionage for Israel. Conspiracy theory Al-Qaida: Hezbollah started rumor that Israel planned 9/11   1.   ETOPS - Extended Twin Engine Operations 16:36  |  Mark Lincoln 05/04/08   2.   Rare Occurence 21:23  |  Mike 05/04/08   3.   I wonder 23:01  |  Axel 05/04/08   4.   Plane landing on Sabbath 23:26  |  Michael 05/04/08   5.   #4: Michael, you know you are very right, 00:03  |  psi 06/04/08   6.   # 4 00:37  |  Axel 06/04/08   7.   etops 09:09  |  David Beattie 06/04/08   8.   re: i wonder - "emergency landing" 22:59  |  israeli new yorker 06/04/08   9.   To the person who questioned the Sabbath Landing 12:54  |  Shlomo 23/04/08

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