The humanitarian flight took off after noon and is expected to arrive in Tel Aviv between Friday and Saturday.
The plane Hercules of the Uruguayan Air Force took off towards Israel to advance the repatriation operation of citizens who are in that country and have requested the procedure, within the framework of the war with Hamas that broke out last Saturday in the Gaza Strip.
The government stated that so far they have received 110 applications from Uruguayans, most of them non-residents. This is why they anticipated that there will be at least two humanitarian flights, since the capacity of the aircraft is 90 people, not counting the crew.
He Hercules, which was specially conditioned for the operation, left with 16 crew members from the Air Force and the ambassador of Uruguay in Israel, Manuel Echevarren. Before reaching Tel Aviv, will make stops in Recife, Brazil; salt island, Cape Verde; and, finally, Madrid, Spain, where he will wait for authorization to enter Israeli territory.
The second phase will begin with the return of Israel to Madrid, a journey that, once the corresponding permits are approved, is expected to take about seven hours. From there, Uruguayans will return on commercial flights to Montevideo.
The procedures for flight permits continue
He Ministry of National Defense and the Chancellery They indicated that they continue with the efforts to obtain the corresponding flight permits and authorizations to be able to enter the conflict zone, where they would arrive between Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th. However, they decided to take off today to “speed it up,” according to indicated by the government.
Planning includes landing at the international airport of Tel Aviv, refuel, complete passenger boarding and depart immediately to Europe.
How can you request repatriation?
The Chancellery counted a total of 110 requests for repatriation, among them a group of teenagers who were visiting that country, as well as a couple who told Ambit the tense experience. “We saw everyone running desperately to the side and we ran with them towards the shelter,” they highlighted.
Faced with this scenario, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs enabled the email account [email protected] for those who have not yet made the request. In addition, they provided a telephone for those who are in Israel, which is (00972) 9956.9611 internal 3 and another for those who are in Palestine, which is (00970)-2-2986686 or (00970)-2-2986345.
Source: Ambito
