ʻO ka mokulele ʻIseraʻela ʻO El Al kau ʻia i kahi hoʻokupu kūpono e hōʻailona ai i ka hopena o kāna hoʻohana ʻana i nā mokulele Boeing 747 nunui i kapa ʻia ʻo 'mōʻī wahine o ka lewa "e nā poʻe lele, me nā pailaka e ʻimi ana i kahi mokulele nui i ka lewa.
Ua kuhi ʻia ke ʻano hiʻohiʻona kikoʻī me ke ʻano o ka lele ʻana o nā mokulele mai Roma a i Tel Aviv i kāna lele hope loa no El Al.
ʻO ka mokulele, ka mea i hoʻomaha loa ʻia e nā mokulele a puni ka honua, paʻa i kahi wahi kūikawā i ka moʻolelo o El Al. Ua hoʻohana ka mokulele i nā mokulele ma ke ʻano he ki o Operation Solomon - kahi hana pūʻali koa hūnā i lawe ʻia he 14,500 mau Iudaio ʻAitiopa mai Addis Ababa a lawe iā lākou i ʻIseraʻela i Mei 1990. He kanakolukumamālima mau huakaʻi i huakaʻi i loko o 36 mau hola.
Ua hoʻonohonoho kekahi o nā mokulele ʻo El Al i kahi moʻolelo hoʻoili mokulele holo hoʻokahi, e hali ana i 1,122 mau ohua. Ua hana ʻo Israel i ka neʻe nui ʻana mai nā hopohopo no ka palekana o nā Iudaio ʻAitiopa ma waena o ka noho politika ʻole i ka ʻāina.
Ke pani ʻia nei ka 747 e nā hiʻohiʻona hou a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e like me ka Boeing 787 a i ʻole ʻo Airbus A380, ʻoiai ʻaʻohe o lākou mea like me ka mākaʻi.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Israeli airline El Al laid on a fitting tribute to mark the end of its use of the huge Boeing 747 aircraft dubbed ‘queen of the skies' by aviation fans, with the pilots tracing an enormous plane in the skies.
- The airline used the planes as a key element of Operation Solomon – a covert military operation which airlifted 14,500 Ethiopian Jews out of Addis Ababa and brought them to Israel in May 1990.
- The aircraft, which is being retired by airlines around the world, holds a particularly special place in the history of El Al.
