British Airways flight BA165, flying from
London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) to Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV/LLBG), was scheduled to land at the Israeli capital's airport at 15:05 local time. The service was operated by an Airbus A350-1000, registered as G-XWBF (MSN 402). As it began its approach to TLV, it briefly entered a hold but, fairly soon after, it turned around and headed back to Heathrow..
"We're contacting customers booked to travel to or from Tel Aviv to apologise for the inconvenience and offer options including a full refund and rebooking with another airline or with British Airways at a later date.
"We continue to monitor the situation in the region closely."
Suspending flights to Tel Aviv after the incident, British Airways said: "Following the latest assessment of the situation we're suspending all our flights to and from Tel Aviv.
"We're contacting customers booked to travel to or from Tel Aviv to apologise for the inconvenience and offer options including a full refund and rebooking with another airline or with British Airways at a later date.
"We continue to monitor the situation in the region closely."
Israel have of course denied that the missiles fired on Wednesday came close to the airport.
Easyjet has also paused its flights from Gatwick, Luton and Manchester while Virgin Atlantic said it would stop flights to the city for 72 hours.
Virgin said: "As the dynamic situation evolves, we'll keep our flying programme under constant review. Our teams will be in contact with any affected customers to discuss their options, which include rebooking to a later date or a full refund.
"We would advise anyone booked to travel to check their flight status on the website before travelling to the airport."
Wizz Air, which also flies to Israel from Gatwick and Luton, have paused those routes.
BA had been one of the few airlines still operating flights to and from Israel amid the fighting.
A video purportedly filmed in Ben-Gurion Airport appears to show passengers ducking for cover amid shelling.
It comes as Israel is preparing to send 300,000 soldiers in to Gaza as the country's force prepare to wipe out Hamas's ability to wreak more horror.
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have been pummelling the densely populated strip since the terror group massacred towns and villages and kidnapped civilians.
Easyjet has also paused its flights from Gatwick, Luton and Manchester while Virgin Atlantic said it would stop flights to the city for 72 hours.
Virgin said: "As the dynamic situation evolves, we'll keep our flying programme under constant review. Our teams will be in contact with any affected customers to discuss their options, which include rebooking to a later date or a full refund.
"We would advise anyone booked to travel to check their flight status on the website before travelling to the airport."
Wizz Air, which also flies to Israel from Gatwick and Luton, have paused those routes.
BA had been one of the few airlines still operating flights to and from Israel amid the fighting.
A video purportedly filmed in Ben-Gurion Airport appears to show passengers ducking for cover amid shelling.
It comes as Israel is preparing to send 300,000 soldiers in to Gaza as the country's force prepare to wipe out Hamas's ability to wreak more horror.
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have been pummelling the densely populated strip since the terror group massacred towns and villages and kidnapped civilians.
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