A state of emergency was declared at Ben Gurion International Airport in the early hours of Monday morning, after a technical fault was discovered in an El Al flight headed for the United States. Flight LY027 from Tel Aviv to Newark is carrying 259 passengers on a Boeing 777 model aircraft. Following take-off and during the flight a technical fault was discovered in the wheels of the plane and the flight crew decided to return to Israel. A state of emergency was declared and 60 ambulances and 20 fire trucks arrived at Ben Gurion International Airport ahead of the emergency landing.