On an Iberia Air flight from Spain to Israel on Wednesday, Israeli passengers were infuriated when the captain announced as they were approaching Ben-Gurion Airport that they “would be landing shortly in Palestine.”
Israel’s Channel 2 reported that the captain first made the announcement in Spanish and then stated in English that in a few minutes the plane would be landing into Tel Aviv.
Passengers said that the captain had never mentioned the word “Israel” during in-flight updates.
One passenger, Lior, told Channel 2 that he was “somewhat overwhelmed” by what happened.
“Everyone started whispering, we were just in shock, I don’t understand why he said that,” he added. “We live in the State of Israel and he should have said ‘Israel,’ he didn’t absentmindedly say it in English, it was intentional – and even more so in this tense time.”
Another passenger said that what the captain did “was unacceptable, we all noticed it.”
Channel 2 quoted one passenger who reportedly complained about the incident in a letter to the airline saying, “My family and I were incredibly offended, it was completely inappropriate and it does not do service to your company.”
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