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First UK government flight for Britons stuck in Middle East delayed | BBC News
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2:50Now PlayingA flight chartered by the UK government to bring back some of the Britons stranded in the Middle East did not depart on Wednesday as planned.
Problems with getting passengers on board meant the plane, which had been due to leave Oman's capital Muscat, stayed grounded, according to Home Office minister Alex Norris.
He told the BBC he did not know what time the flight would now leave on Thursday after its delay.
Thousands of British nationals remain stuck in the Middle East since the US-Israeli strikes on Iran on Saturday and retaliatory strikes by Iran across the Middle East.
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