Huakaʻi ʻo Hainan Airlines HU407, ka mea i haʻalele mai Shanghai Pudong International Airport, ua pae ma Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport ma 8:30 am ma Kepakemapa 12, 2017 manawa kūloko ma hope o 11 mau hola i ka lewa, e hoʻopau pono ana i ka lele mua o Hainan Airlines. ʻO ka lawelawe ʻo Shanghai-Tel Aviv. ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lawelawe hou e hāʻawi i nā poʻe kaʻa e holo ana ma waena o Kina a me Israel me nā koho huakaʻi hou aku.
Ma hope o ka pae ʻana, ua mālama ʻo Hainan Airlines i kahi hanana hoʻolauleʻa wahine kiʻekiʻe ma Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport, e hoʻokipa ana i ka hui mua o nā poʻe i lawe i ka lele i Tel Aviv. ʻO ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i Israel Zhan Yongxin, Kākoʻo Waiwai a me Kalepa o ka Embassy Kina ma Israel Wu Bin, ka Luna Nui o Israel Airports Authority Yaakov Ganot, ka luna alakaʻi o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi ʻo Israel Amir Halevi, ka pelekikena ʻo Israel Chinese Association Zhao Qiang, ka hope pelekikena o Hainan Airlines Hou Wei, a me nā mea kūʻai kūloko kūloko o Hainan Airlines a me nā mea hoʻolaha hoʻolaha i makemake i ka moʻolelo i ʻākoakoa ma ke kahua mokulele e ʻike i ka manawa koʻikoʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai ka lele kaikamahine.
Ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lawelawe ʻo Beijing-Tel Aviv i ʻApelila 2016, ʻo ia ka lua o ka lawelawe pololei a Hainan Airlines ma waena o Kina a me Israel. Ma ka lā 11 o Nowemapa, 2016, ua lilo ka ʻaelike visa komo ʻana he 10 makahiki ma waena o ʻIseraʻela a me Kina, e ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o nā malihini kipa e hele ana i ʻIseraʻela.
