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FAA Orders US Air Carriers to Suspend All Flights to Israel
Jul 22, 2014, 4:21 PM ET
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PHOTO: A Delta Air Lines jet takes off at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Mich. in this July 22, 2011 file photo.
A Delta Air Lines jet takes off at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Mich. in this July 22, 2011 file photo. Carlos Osorio/AP Photo
American air carriers have suspended flights from the United Stated to Israel "for a period of up to 24 hours" after the FAA issued a warning in response to a rocket strike this morning near Tel Aviv's main airport, officials said.
In a statement, the FAA said, "The notice was issued in response to a rocket strike which landed approximately one mile from Ben Gurion International Airport on the morning ... [and] applies only to U.S. operators, and has no authority over foreign airlines operating to or from the airport," according to the statement.
Earlier today, Delta Air Lines Flight 468, which was flying over the Mediterranean at the time, was en route from New York's John F. Kennedy Airport to Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv when a rocket fired from Gaza hit Yahood, a Tel Aviv suburb close to the airport.
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