Pilot refuses to fly with Israeli pilot on board

A pilot for a Delta Air Lines subsidiary would not fly Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Melchior from Cincinnati to Toronto because the pilot thought Melchior posed a security risk, an Israeli radio station reported.

Melchior, who was being escorted by State Department officials, told Israel Radio that he waited on the plane on Friday for more than an hour before the pilot evacuated it, saying there was a security risk.