Israel grounds flights, thousands stranded at Ben Gurion Airport
Thousands of passengers have been stranded at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport because of a jet fuel contamination problem. According to Israeli media reports, a malfunction was discovered in the fuel filters at the airport more than a week ago. An unidentified source told reporters that a filter clog was discovered in an Arkia Airlines plane and was covered up “for financial reasons.” The source noted that such problems “could be disastrous.”