Pilots' union raps Lufthansa move to resume Israel route
Reuters
2014-07-27
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An Israeli woman is evacuated by ambulance Sunday. Witnesses say she was wounded by a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip.
It reportedly happened after Hamas Islamist militants said they had agreed to a 24-hour humanitarian truce.
It's images like these and the stop-start nature of the ceasefire that prompted German pilots to criticize their airlines' decision to resume flights to Israel.
(SOUNDBITE) (German) SPOKESMAN FOR GERMAN PILOTS' UNION "COCKPIT," MARKUS WAHL, SAYING:
"From a flight safety point of view I find it absolutely alarming to resume flights to Israel. To us, the threat level in Tel Aviv has not changed at all. As long as rockets are flying there, the situation won't change."
A spokesman for Lufthansa said the airline was making decisions based purely on security considerations.
But some passengers at Frankfurt airport aren't convinced.
(SOUNDBITE) (German) TRAVELER, JOERG BOVERMANN, SAYING:
"I believe that passengers' saf
It reportedly happened after Hamas Islamist militants said they had agreed to a 24-hour humanitarian truce.
It's images like these and the stop-start nature of the ceasefire that prompted German pilots to criticize their airlines' decision to resume flights to Israel.
(SOUNDBITE) (German) SPOKESMAN FOR GERMAN PILOTS' UNION "COCKPIT," MARKUS WAHL, SAYING:
"From a flight safety point of view I find it absolutely alarming to resume flights to Israel. To us, the threat level in Tel Aviv has not changed at all. As long as rockets are flying there, the situation won't change."
A spokesman for Lufthansa said the airline was making decisions based purely on security considerations.
But some passengers at Frankfurt airport aren't convinced.
(SOUNDBITE) (German) TRAVELER, JOERG BOVERMANN, SAYING:
"I believe that passengers' saf
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