Over 100 UN employees evacuated from Kabul to Almaty
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- 23 August, 2021
- 11:20
Utair has flown over 100 UN employees from Kabul to Almaty in its second flight in one week, the company's press service told journalists, Report informs, citing TASS.
On August 18, Utair operated the Moscow-Kabul-Almaty flight to evacuate 137 UN employees from Afghanistan. One more flight, Almaty-Kabul-Almaty, took place on August 22 to evacuate 108 UN employees. After that, the Unair plane returned to Moscow, the company said in a statement.
The press service clarified that the airplane was operated on long-haul Boeing 767 as part of the company's aviation support to UN missions for over 25 years.
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