Ben Gurion International Airport: Just last week, a civilian airliner was shot down over a war zone, killing all 298 people on board. On Tuesday, just five days after the tragedy in Ukraine, a rocket landed Tuesday within a mile of Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. In the interest of public safety and fearing a potentially hazardous security situation, the Federal Aviation Administration announced a temporary halt to U.S. flights into the Israeli capital. Safety is the very first priority for DOT, for FAA, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said yesterday . The announcement coincided with suspended flights from Air France and Lufthansa, along with a warning from the European Aviation Safety Agency, which strongly recommended against flights into Tel Aviv.
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