"A British couple paid 1,500 to be driven hundreds of miles across the Middle East in a disco bus to board a flight to London from Oman to escape escalating war in the region. Though the UK government's first repatriation flight from Muscat failed to take off on Wednesday due to a technical issue, a British Airways (BA) flight from the Omani capital landed at Heathrow's terminal five shortly before 9am on Thursday morning."
"The couple had been on holiday in Dubai and were due to leave the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday, but their plane home was grounded when airspace was closed due to the ongoing US-Israeli war with Iran, which has seen Gulf nations hit with missile strikes. They returned to their Dubai accommodation and spent ten hours sheltering in the basement during a period of airstrikes."
A British couple from Kent, Sarah and Ed Short, were stranded in Dubai during their holiday when airspace closed due to escalating US-Israeli conflict with Iran affecting Gulf nations. After sheltering in a basement during airstrikes for ten hours, they sought alternative routes home. They paid £1,500 to be transported hundreds of miles across the Middle East in a disco bus to reach Oman, where they boarded a British Airways flight to London. Their flight landed at Heathrow on Thursday morning, where they were reunited with emotional family members. The UK government's first repatriation flight from Muscat had failed due to technical issues the previous day.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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