Iran war latest: Chaos for Brits left stranded in Middle East after first government chartered flight fails to take off – live updates

The UK Government’s first chartered flight to bring Brits home reportedly did not jet off from Oman on Wednesday night as planned.

Terrified passengers were said to be smashing on windows and having panic attacks as they sat helplessly on the plane on the tarmac.

It had been scheduled to depart from the capital Muscat at 11pm GST on Wednesday, but could not ‘due to the pilot’s hours clocking up’.

It is unclear why the chartered flight did not depart, as other commercial flights have been taking off from the region.

One Brit told of the ‘total s***show’.

They told Sky News: ‘We then got taken to the plane on a bus but had to stay on it for about one-and-a-half hours.

‘No consular staff were present airside. They just left us.

‘People started getting very agitated, banging windows, panic attacks.’

The flight will reportedly take off on Thursday.

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