Brits on first Oman evacuation flight that failed to take off 'had panic attacks'

Tamara Ceaikovski

Brits have complained of "panic attacks" after the first government evacuation flight for 180 citizens stranded in the Middle East failed to take off as the crisis deepened. The flight had been scheduled to depart from Oman's capital Muscat at about 11pm on Wednesday - but remained grounded overnight because of technical issues, the Foreign Office said. Keir Starmer has promised two more government chartered flights to rescue Brits trapped in the region "in the coming days", which could come as