Overview

• French authorities identified the controller through a recording review and suspended them pending DGAC-led disciplinary and administrative inquiries.
• El Al described the outburst as unprofessional and cautioned that any radio deviation during take-off could have catastrophic safety consequences, prompting coordination with Israel’s Civil Aviation Authority.
• Philippe Tabarot condemned the incident as an act of antisemitism and pledged that any penalty will match the gravity of the breach after vandals sprayed 'Free Palestine' on El Al’s Paris offices earlier this week.
• Sir Michael Ellis and Campaign Against Antisemitism have called on the UK Civil Aviation Authority and the US FAA to investigate what they see as a broader pattern of safety and neutrality violations in European aviation.
• This episode adds to a series of recent incidents targeting Jewish and Israeli travellers in Europe, including kosher meals defaced on Iberia flights and the removal of Jewish children from a Vueling aircraft.