Environmental officials in Israel warned of pending disaster at the Hiriya dump site in central Israel. Experts said deep cracks in the mountain of rubbish had been discovered following recent rains, which sent garbage tumbling down its slopes. An El Al pilot said in an Israel Radio interview that, given the dump’s proximity to Ben-Gurion Airport, birds attracted to the dump could cause air disasters if sucked into plane engines.
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