Major Jurgis Norvaiša, the representative of the Lithuanian army, confirmed the flight to BNS. According to him, the aircraft should land in Vilnius on Saturday evening around 8-10 p.m., depending on how long the planned technical stop in Hungary will take.
The National Crisis Management Center (NKVC) indicated on Saturday morning that the Spartan plane will land at the Air Force base in Zokniai.
According to the center, the aircraft’s standby ended without more Lithuanian citizens wanting to evacuate from Israel to Turkey.
NKVC notes that Lithuanians remaining in Israel will be able to turn to the Lithuanian Embassy there for help, which will be able to provide information about planned flights.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), evacuation flights are planned by Latvia, Belgium and France in the near future.
A total of 95 people, most of them Lithuanian citizens, were transported from Israel to Turkey by the “Spartan” aircraft of the Lithuanian army this week in three evacuation flights.
“Spartan” carried out the first evacuation flight on Wednesday, 29 passengers were flown to Antalya from Tel Aviv, while 42 people were brought from Israel to Turkey during the second flight on Friday night.
On Friday evening, 24 passengers were flown from Israel to Turkey during the third evacuation flight.
The military aircraft “Spartan” planned to be on duty in Turkey until October 15.
The plane of the Lithuanian army was used by the group “Hamas” after the surprise attack on Israel last weekend.
Hamas invaded Israeli territory last weekend, launching rocket attacks. Israel carried out retaliatory strikes on the Gaza Strip. The conflict has killed thousands of people in both Israel and the Gaza Strip.
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2024-09-25 09:43:08