Aircraft carrying Israeli team is hit by lightning before landing in Tel Aviv: ‘It was scary, the plane started to shake’

Boeing 737 plane from the airline El Al, from Israel Reproduction/Social media A plane that was bringing the Maccabi Tel Aviv club basketball team back to Israel this Friday (9) was hit by lightning shortly before landing. ✅ Follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp According to witnesses, the flight from Madrid was approximately 20 minutes from the runway at Ben Gurion International Airport, in Tel Aviv, when the electrical discharge hit the aircraft. Passengers reported what sounded like a drop in altitude. “It was scary. The plane started to shake. Everyone was apprehensive. Fortunately, everything ended well”, said a team player to the Israeli channel Channel 12. See the videos that are trending on g1 Moments later, according to the passengers, the captain warned that the aircraft had not been damaged. The landing occurred normally. The team was returning from a game held in the Spanish capital. According to the newspaper “The Times of Israel”, the largest Israeli city was hit by wind gusts of up to 97 km/h. Tree falls were recorded, and a kitesurfer died in Bat Yam. The heavy rains are a greater concern for the population of Gaza, whose territory has been in ruins since the war between Israel and Hamas. Many inhabitants are accommodated in temporary tents.

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