The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a 24-hour ban on flights to and from the Tel Aviv airport.
"The notice was issued in response to a rocket strike which landed approximately one mile from Ben Gurion International Airport on the morning of July 22, 2014," the FAA said in a statement.
As we reported earlier, some American carriers had already started canceling flights to and from Israel. Delta said one flight — traveling from JFK this morning with 273 passengers — was diverted to Paris-Charles de Gaulle after the airline received news of the rocket strike.
"The safety of our passengers and crew is American's top priority," American Airlines said in a statement. "We have cancelled US Airways Flight 797 from Tel Aviv (TLV) to Philadelphia (PHL) and Flight 796 from PHL to TLV for July 22 in response to security concerns at TLV. "
United Airlines said it was suspending its flights "until further notice."
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