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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dan Haygarth and Harriette Boucher

Why the UK government charter flight failed to take off as scheduled

United Kingdom
  • A UK government-chartered flight, intended to repatriate Britons from the Middle East, did not depart from Muscat, Oman, as scheduled on Wednesday evening.
  • The plane was due to leave Muscat at 7pm on Wednesday but remained on the ground on Thursday morning.
  • The Foreign Office confirmed on Thursday that the charter flight was not able to depart from Oman “due to technical issues” and is now expected to depart later on Thursday.
  • The Foreign Office is working with airlines to bring back about 130,000 Britons who have registered their presence in the Middle East amidst regional tensions.
  • While some commercial flights from the Middle East were delayed or cancelled, others, including one from Riyadh, arrived as scheduled at Heathrow.

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UK’s first chartered flight to evacuate Britons from Middle East fails to take off

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