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What it was like catching an evacuation flight from the Middle East

By Allison Lau, CNN

Updated 10:36 AM EDT, Thu March 19, 2026

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CNN reporter catches evacuation flight, as airlines struggle to keep them going

As the war with Iran escalated, many visitors in the region sought to catch repatriation flights back to their home countries. Here’s how CNN producer Antoinette Radford found the experience.

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