Air traffic controller suspended in France for saying 'Free Palestine'

An air traffic controller was suspended in France after saying "Free Palestine" to an Israeli airline crew.

The staff member at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport said the slogan during a radio exchange with the crew of an El Al flight on Monday, the French Ministry of Transport announced.

"Analysis of the recordings proves that the facts are true," Minister Philippe Tabarot wrote on X on Tuesday.

He added that the controller had "been deprived of all authority to work until further notice".

"Disciplinary proceedings were immediately initiated. The sanction must be commensurate with the seriousness of the facts," Tabarot said.

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