In reaction to the reform of justice in Israel, the pilots of the national company refuse to transport the Prime Minister on board the brand new official plane.
With our correspondent in Jerusalem, Michael Paul
Aile de Sion, the Israeli “Air Force one”, a Boeing 777 specially equipped for the Israeli Prime Minister, required years of preparation for a total cost of 216 million euros. The previous government had stored the device in a hangar. Benyamin Netanyahu intends to use it for his official trip to Italy on Thursday March 9.
Problem, no crew of the Israeli national company El Al agrees to take control of the device. This has enraged Israeli Transport Minister Miri Regev, who is asking pilots from Israeli low-cost airlines to volunteer for the mission. But it turns out that none of them are qualified to fly a plane of this type.
Eventually, just like the last trip of the Israeli Prime Minister and his wife during their official visit to Paris last month, it is likely a crew of directors of the company El Al who will be in the cockpit of the official plane. .
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