On January 2, Israeli media reported on the incident.

The plane UP, a subsidiary of El Al, which flew to Prague from Ben Gurion Airport on Monday, January 1, due to weather conditions, was forced to change the route and flew over the border with the Gaza Strip. Passengers of the LY2521 flight had an opportunity to look from above to the northern part of the enclave.

It is reported that the aircraft was at an altitude of 6 kilometers and flew at a speed of 634 km / h. Thus, the security of the aircraft was not threatened, Vesti said..

The climate map shows that on Monday morning, January 1, in the coastal strip of the Mediterranean Sea there was a high concentration of rain clouds, and on the border with Gaza,. Probably, this was the reason for the decision to change the route.

Note that the weather conditions led to the change of the flight map of several more flights, which after take-off flew over the southern part of the country, and not over the boundary of the cities of Holon and Bat Yam, as usual.