Türkiye‘s president on Wednesday congratulated the personnel of two Turkish planes which returned to the nation after being stranded in Ukraine because of the closure of airspace there amid the 10-month conflict.
“In this troubled moment, you brought our planes home, so I congratulate you on behalf of the nation,” stated Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Erdoğan addressed the personnel of two A400M plane throughout a telephone name with National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar in his go to to personnel and their households at a base in Türkiye’s central Kayseri province, in keeping with the Defense Ministry.
The two Turkish planes, which landed in Ukraine to ship humanitarian assist and evacuate (Turkish) residents, however ended up stranded at Borispol airport because of the closure of airspace, returned to their residence base, Kayseri, on Tuesday.
“The safe return of our transport aircraft and personnel, who have been waiting in Ukraine for a long time, to our country has made us happy as well as overcoming many difficulties,” Erdoğan stated.
He additionally thanked the “representative authorities of both Ukraine and Russia.”
National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, who was in Kayseri for a gathering along with his Georgian and Azerbaijani counterparts, additionally welcomed the plane personnel and their households on the Fleet Command.
Stating that they repeatedly meet with the Ukrainian and Russian sides on the return of planes to the nation, he added that when essentially the most appropriate situations appeared, the primary aircraft took off at 17.00 p.m. native time (1400GMT) and the second at 17.05 p.m. native time (1405GMT).
“Planes need maintenance, even if they are on the ground. During this time, our aircraft was maintained by our teams. Our planes returned home safely and this story was completed without any problems. I congratulate our pilots, maintenance personnel, and all our friends who helped,” he stated.
