BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

Israeli prime minister’s plane suffers mishap while leaving Poland after security meeting Netanyahu was forced to spend an extra night in Warsaw after his plane was damaged following an airport accident shortly before take-off. He departed around noon on Friday, marking an inauspicious ending to a turbulent visit

His entourage was on-board a chartered El Al plane when a vehicle towing the aircraft on the runway crashed into it. A photo circulated to journalists showed large scrapes in the plane’s underbelly

Netanyahu and his wife were taken off the plane and ushered back to their hotel. Other aides spent the night on the aircraft, saying they did not want to go through the hassle of security checks again.