Lhe airbus repatriating 55 Belgians from Lebanon landed at Eindhoven airport, in the Netherlands, around 8:53 p.m., according to the Flightradar 24 website. The Belgians will then head to Brussels by bus.
The plane took off from Beirut at 4:30 p.m. (Belgian time) Friday afternoon. He took off for the Lebanese capital from Eindhoven airport on Friday morning at 9:20 a.m.
Other Belgians will be able to leave Lebanon thanks to seats negotiated with Middle East Airlines, to Cyprus and Istanbul. Consultations are also underway with France, for example, which is sending a ship there.
If necessary, Defense can be requested at a second stage, but Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib described this possibility as premature in the House on Thursday. Indeed, Beirut airport is still open to commercial flights.
The Belgian embassy in Beirut contacted all Belgians registered on the Foreign Affairs Travelers online registration site, added the minister. As of Friday afternoon that number stood at 200 people.
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