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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Maroosha Muzaffar

British couple describe sheltering in Dubai car park as first repatriation flight from Middle East lands in London

The first flight chartered by the UK government to evacuate British nationals stranded in the Middle East landed at London’s Stansted airport after departing Oman nearly a day late due to technical issues.

The flight finally departed late on Thursday night local time from Oman’s capital Muscat, almost 24 hours behind schedule, and landed at Stansted shortly before 1am on Friday.

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