NEWS, Politics - A Defense Department plane containing the first group of Dutch nationals stranded in Israel landed at the military airbase in Eindhoven on Wednesday - Stranded Dutch from Israel at Eindhoven Air Base
A military plane repatriated 199 Dutch people from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. The plane could not land immediately. On approach, air traffic control steered the plane away because the airport was under fire. Passengers told how they had to lie on the ground at and near the airport. Israeli defenses averted the danger. The Defense plane landed at the military air base in Eindhoven at 10:10 p.m. with the 199 Dutch on board. They are men, women, and children, including 28 pupils from the 4VWO and their four teachers from Rotterdam and Gouda.
Dutch people in Israel will be repatriated from Wednesday. A Defense plane will pick them up on Wednesday and likely a KLM plane on Thursday, said Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot. About 200 people are provisionally eligible for evacuation.
The Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport (MRTT) Unit (MMU) received its sixth Airbus A330 MRTT aircraft on 27 July. The sixth Airbus A330 MRTT was delivered to the NATO MMU at Eindhoven Air Base on 27 July. Aircraft MMF6/T-059 of the Mul.