El Al Israel Airlines flight Sofia-Tel Aviv declares emergency

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El Al flight LY552 from Sofia (SOF) to Tel Aviv (TLV) has declared an emergency en route and has diverted to Rodes Island (RHO). The post El Al Israel Airlines flight Sofia-Tel Aviv declares emergency appeared first on AviationSource...

An El Al Israel Airlines flight operating from Sofia to Tel Aviv declared an emergency whilst en route this morning, before diverting to Rodes Island.

El Al flight LY552, a Boeing 737 operating from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV), declared a general emergency with squawk code 7700 abeam Izmir, before executing a diversion to Rodes Island Diagoras Airport (RHO).

El Al LY552 Sofia – Tel Aviv


The nature of the emergency prompting the unscheduled diversion is not yet known.

Data for this morning’s service shows that flight LY552 made an on-time departure out of Sofia Airport this morning at

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