France, March 4 -- The first flight organised to repatriate French nationals stranded in the Middle East since the start of the war arrived early on Wednesday morning at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport from Oman.

The aircraft chartered by Air France left Muscat, Oman in the early evening and landed shortly before 3am on Wednesday in Paris.

The Minister for French Nationals Abroad Eleonore Caroit told journalists at the terminal that around 100 places had been reserved by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to bring back "the most vulnerable" people. Families first

The flight was carrying customers and staff of the airline as well as families, young children, pregnant women, participants of a holiday camp and other passengers w...