Israeli plane makes emergency landing following reports of missing wheel
Fire trucks assisting flight LY2521 after emergency landing. (Twitter, @flightradar24) Twitter
A Boeing 737 with more than 170 passengers on board has reportedly been forced to turn around and make an emergency landing at a Tel Aviv airport after a suspected wheel issue.
Up Airlines flight LY2521 was above Turkey and en route to Prague when it decided to return to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv after less than an hour into the flight.
Unconfirmed reports said the crew declared an emergency situation after they were warned pieces of the wheel had been found on the runway after take-off.
The plane reportedly landed safely with fire trucks in attendance.
Up is a subsidiary of El Al Israel Airlines.
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