{"id":37092,"date":"2026-03-05T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T05:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/03\/05\/first-uk-repatriation-flight-from-muscat\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T13:24:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T05:24:00","slug":"first-uk-repatriation-flight-from-muscat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/03\/05\/first-uk-repatriation-flight-from-muscat\/","title":{"rendered":"First UK repatriation flight from Muscat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A British flight to \u200brepatriate UK nationals after the outbreak of war in the Middle East \u200bdid not take off as scheduled from Oman \u200bon Wednesday night \u2060and has been rescheduled for later on Thursday, Sky News reported. Reuters \u200bcould not immediately \u200cconfirm the report. The British Foreign Office did not immediately respond to a request \u200bfor comment outside regular business hours.       The flight, which was scheduled to depart from Muscat at 1900 GMT on Wednesday, \u200cwas \u200copen to British \u200bnationals and their spouses or partners and children, with the most vulnerable people having priority, the Foreign Office had said earlier.       &#8220;We have been \u200btold the plane will take off later today once the pilot has rested,&#8221; Sky News quoted an unnamed passenger, \u200bwho was due to travel on the flight, as saying.       &#8220;We were told due to slow check-in and delays the pilot had clocked his hours so needed to rest,&#8221; \u200cthe passenger added.       Hundreds of thousands of Europeans have been stranded in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A British flight to \u200brepatriate UK nationals after the outbreak of war in the Middle East \u200bdid not take off as scheduled from Oman \u200bon Wednesday night \u2060and has been rescheduled for later on Thursday, Sky News reported. 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