An extremely unusual incident occurred in the skies over Ben Gurion Airport: A Wizz Air passenger plane en route to Israel landed at Ben Gurion escorted by fighter jets that were scrambled due to a suspected security incident, in accordance with standard protocol for such cases.
According to reports, the incident occurred after flight crew identified a network name on a phone that read "Terrorist" in Arabic. They reported this to security authorities in Israel, who scrambled the fighter jets.
According to the report by N12's Din Fisher, the phone belonged to an ultra-Orthodox couple. They claimed that their son had set up the phone for them before they returned to Israel.
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The flight, which departed from London hours earlier, was approaching landing at Ben Gurion when the fighter jets were scrambled. Simultaneously, security forces positioned themselves near the area designated for the aircraft's landing.
