Israel don order one Ethiopian Airlines flight wey dey bound for Tel Aviv make e turn back, because one of di pilots na Indonesian. Israel kontri Channel 12 report dis one on Monday.
According to di broadcaster, di aircraft bin don spend about one hour inside flight from Addis Ababa, and e still dey inside Ethiopian airspace wen dem issue di order.
Channel 12 talk say dem bin flag di pilot nationality give Israeli intelligence and airport authorities. Dat one make security officials and di Transportation Ministry bar di flight from landing.
Di plane return to Addis Ababa. Dem replace di pilot, before di flight depart again and land for Tel Aviv.
Ethiopian Airlines describe di incident as mistake. Di airline talk say e no know say dem bar di pilot from operating flights to Israel, according to di report.
Channel 12 also talk say Israeli authorities don instruct foreign airlines make dem no assign crew members from certain countries wey no get diplomatic relations with Israel to flights wey dey bound for di country.
Di restrictions cover nationals of Afghanistan, Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Niger, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Venezuela.
No immediate comment from Ethiopian or Indonesian authorities.
Di incident come after attempted hijacking of Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Sept. 30. United Arab Emirates prosecutors talk say an Omani co-pilot bin attempt to seize control of di aircraft and crash am into Ben Gurion Airport.
Passengers and crew thwart di attempt, and di plane land safely for Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
