British Airline Sorry for Maps Omitting Israel

[BBC News] British airline BMI has apologized after in-flight maps on its London-Tel Aviv service did not identify Israel. The moving maps marked Islamic holy sites but showed only the city of Haifa in Israel, identified by its Arabic name, Khefa. BMI said it was a technical error - the maps had not been changed since the planes were taken over from a former airline, British Mediterranean Airways (BMED), which had flown from the UK to many Muslim countries in the Middle East.


2009-05-05 06:00:00

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