India, March 5 -- Thousands of British nationals stranded in the Middle East due to the ongoing conflict faced further uncertainty after the UK government's first evacuation flight from Oman failed to depart as scheduled.

The government-chartered aircraft, which was meant to fly British citizens from Muscat to London Heathrow on Wednesday night, did not take off because of technical problems, the UK Foreign Office confirmed, according to The Sun.

Passengers had already completed check-in procedures and were transported to the plane by bus, but delays stretched for hours before the flight was eventually cancelled for the night.

One passenger said that the check-in process alone took around four hours due to technical issues, as quoted b...