Israel’s national carrier El Al said its Warsaw to Tel Aviv flight was not allowed to refuel at Antalya airport after making an emergency landing to evacuate a passenger for medical reasons, AFP reports.

Turkish workers at Antalya airport refused to refuel flight LY5102 before it could take off for Israel, El Al said in a statement.

“Local workers refused to refuel the company’s plane even though it was a medical case,” it said, adding that the passenger was evacuated.

The plane then took off to Rhodes in Greece where “it will refuel before taking off to Israel”, the airline said.

“Fuel was to be provided to the plane due to humanitarian considerations, but as the relevant procedure was about to be completed, the captain decided to leave of his own accord,” a Turkish diplomatic source said.