took off from Dubai and was scheduled to land in Amman was diverted from its route and made an emergency landing at Ben Gurion Airport.

The Royal Jordanian Airbus 320 found itself on the Ben-Gurion tarmac after it was diverted from Amman due to poor visibility and bad weather.

The official website of Queen Alia International Airport in the Jordanian capital showed many of the flights scheduled to land there Tuesday diverted.

“The plane that took off from Dubai could not land in Amman and requested a Tel Aviv landing. Due to reports that it was running out of fuel, we declared a state of emergency. The plane landed safely, refueled, and will return to Amman as soon as possible,” Ben-Gurion said in a statement.

Israel suffered a huge sandstorm in earlySeptember that lasted for several days.

According to the Environment Protection Ministry, the storm in September was the worst sandstorm in the history of the country.

Air pollution levels were at their worst in 75 years during the storm, and measured 173 times higher than average in Jerusalem, 51 times higher than average in the Negev, and in the Galilee, 32 times higher than average.