French aviation authorities have suspended until further notice an air traffic controller who earlier this week said “Free Palestine” to an inbound El Al flight nearing Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, the country’s transportation minister said.

“The person has been identified as an air traffic controller. His access to carrying out [his role] has been suspended until further notice. A disciplinary procedure has been immediately initiated. The punishment must match the seriousness of the acts,” Minister Philippe Tabarot wrote on X.

“An analysis of the recordings confirmed the facts” as reported by El Al to the French authorities, the minister continued. Using air traffic control communications for unrelated purposes is forbidden under the International Air Traffic Control (ATC) prot

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