An RAF plane, believed to be carrying a delayed consignment of personal protective equipment (PPE) for NHS staff, has landed in the UK, three days later than originally expected.
The equipment is essential for front line workers to protect them from being infected with coronavirus, as more than 17,000 people have died in hospitals in the UK from Covid-19.
Flight tracker RadarBox showed the Airbus A400-M registered ZM416 departed Istanbul and landed just after 3.30am today at RAF Brize Norton.
The plane had been dispatched from the Oxfordshire base, where two other planes are on stand-by to pick up further kit from Turkey, late on Monday.
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