OUT OF HELL

First Sudan mercy flight lands in UK

- CHRIS HUGHES and BEN GLAZE

FAMILIES hugged loved ones rescued from Sudan yesterday as the first flight of British nationals escaping the conflict touched down.

Some 250 Britons arrived at London Stansted Airport having flown from the capital Khartoum via RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, including one dad pictured boarding holding his twins' hands.

They were among 536 people evacuated on six flights yesterday.

But more than 1,000 more are believed to be stranded as armed forces and a paramilitary group exchange fire.

British-Sudanese father-of-three Munzir Salman was aboard the flight from Larnaca with his children.

He described the scenes as the Sudanese army was ambushed by Rapid Support Forces outside his block of flats.

Mr Salman said: "They were shooting at each other, I was in the middle.