First RAF flight from Tel Aviv lands in UK
The first British released from Israel returned to England after a “long and busy” journey.
The Royal Air Force (RAF) flight left Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport with 63 British citizens and family members in the afternoon in the afternoon and stopped in Cyprus before landing at Birmingham Airport on Tuesday morning.
A passenger said he was grateful to the personnel on the ground, but criticized the evacuation plan that follows many other countries, including the US and Portugal.
The Israeli airspace has been closed – stranded thousands of British – the conflict when Israel attacked nuclear areas in Iran at the beginning of this month and asked Tehran to respond with missile strikes.
Passenger Max Radford accompanied his elderly parents on the first British evacuation flight.
“It was a very long and busy day,” said the Raf A400 just a few minutes after returning to England.
Radford emphasized that the “evacuation plan” evacuation plan “really grateful” to the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is shambolic in every step of the road.
He apparently accused the British government of “compensating as it progresses”, saying that the British government should be done more to remove it from Israel.
“There are thousands of people – and 63 people on a flight, maybe once a day, not close enough,” he said.
Downing Street said that about 1000 people want a seat on the evacuation flight – one quarter of 4,000 in the Foreign Affairs office in Israel or occupied Palestinian regions.
On Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said more evacuation flights will be based on demand and security. British citizens still in Israel Record your existence With the government of the UK.
Mr. Radford, who paid £ 1,050 for three tickets, was “ridiculous” to land on Birmingham, and that he accused the Foreign Ministry of choosing the target, because it’s cheaper than going to London.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was approached for comment.
However, Radford, who reminded a moment of moment during the flight, said that the passengers began to say the national anthem of Israel and how he began to save God to the plane.
“The United Kingdom shows the unity and spirit of the Jewish people,” he said.
Tuesday morning, US President Donald Trump said a ceasefire between Israel and Iran was “now in force”.
In a statement, the Israeli government said that the country accepted Trump’s proposal, but would “strongly respond to any violation of the ceasefire.”
Israel and Iran exchanged heavy fire before the ceasefire was approved. Israeli ambulance service, as a result of Iranian strikes four people were killed and 22 injured, he said.
Tehran also faced the intensive attack threshold, but the number of losses is not yet clear.
