Images posted to Twitter have shown people departing the flight as the UK steps up its efforts to evacuate up to 1,500 people from Afghanistan daily
The first flight that has been carrying British nationals as part of efforts to evacuate people from Afghanistan has arrived within the UK.
But there are fears “some people won’t get back” as the chaos continues to escalate across the country.
Embassy staff were among those who were the first people who arrived at RAF Brize Norton last night.
Images posted onto Twitter showed the people were departing the flight as the UK steps up its efforts to evacuate up to 1,500 people from Afghanistan every day.
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The MoD said: “The UK Armed Forces are supporting the evacuation of British Nationals and those eligible for relocation under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Program.”
Details about the arrival of the flights emerged as Defence Secretary Ben Wallace admitted “some people won’t get back” from Afghanistan.
British troops are continuing to race against the clock to evacuate remaining UK nationals, as well as their local allies out of Afghanistan following the dramatic fall of the nation’s Western-backed government.
Mr Wallace, who had previously served himself in the Scots Guards, appeared to choke up while he appeared on the LBC radio station on Monday as he spoke about the operation.
He said: “It’s a really deep part of regret for me … look, some people won’t get back. Some people won’t get back and we will have to do our best in third countries to process those people.”
Asked why he felt the situation “so personally”, Mr Wallace replied: “Because I’m a soldier… because it’s sad and the West has done what it’s done, we have to do our very best to get people out and stand by our obligations and 20 years of sacrifice is what it is.”
Defence secretary Ben Wallace confirmed to Sky News that 370 UK embassy staff and British citizens were flown out of the country yesterday and on Saturday ahead of the first flight to arrive back in the UK at Brize Norton.
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Lead elements of 16 Air Assault Brigade were working with US forces to secure Kabul airport to ensure flights can continue as Afghans and foreigners scramble to leave.
Mr Wallace said the barrier to helping more people leave the country depended on how quickly they could be processed.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said British forces going back to Afghanistan is “not on the cards”
In chaotic scenes in the Afghan capital, US forces fired in the air at Kabul’s airport to prevent hundreds of civilians running onto the tarmac in a bid to board military flights as people continue to try to find ways out of the country.
A US official said “the crowd was out of control” and “the firing was only done to defuse the chaos”.
