by Gavriel Queenann
Transportation Minister Israel Katz (Likud) held a news conference Thursday evening to discuss the cessation of flights from Israel's airports due to fuel contamination.
Katz said the contaminated fuel, discovered two weeks ago, was "a severe matter," but posed "no passenger security concern."
Katz said he instructed the heads of his ministry to launch an investigation into how the contamination occurred. He said clearing the stranded flights was an immediate priority and that he would ensure that the necessary emergency fuel reserves are supplied in order to achieve that goal.
To aid in the resumption of flights from Ben Gurion, Paz, Israel's largest gas company, agreed to loan tens of fuel trucks to the airport.
Israel's airport authority estimated flights will resume at Ben Gurion at midnight. Planes will be given enough fuel to safely reach Larnaca Airport in Cyprus for fueling before proceeding to their final destinations.
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