News item | 15-10-2023 | 19:04
An A330 military transport plane has just taken off from Tel Aviv to bring another group of Dutch people home. The plane is expected to land at Cologne airport around 11 p.m. The passengers are then taken to Eindhoven by bus. This ride takes approximately 3 hours.
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It is the fifth repatriation flight since Thursday. In the 4 previous flights, 688 people took advantage of the opportunity to return home with a Multirole Tanker Transport (MRTT) due to the war between Israel and Hamas.
The passengers on board the flights had registered with the Information Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They were called back and asked if they wanted to join the military aircraft.