Dutch holidaymakers flown back from Nepal

A military plane carrying 47 survivors of Saturday’s earthquake in Nepal landed at Eindhoven airport on Tuesday afternoon.

The plane had been used to fly out equipment and essential supplies for the relief effort. A second plane, with 80 people on board, will land at Rotterdam airport on Wednesday morning, the foreign affairs ministry said.

At least 12 Dutch nationals are known to have been injured in the earthquake and are being treated in the mountain kingdom, SOS International said. Most are thought to have broken bones.

There were an estimated 500 Dutch nationals in Nepal when the quake struck and there has been no contact with around 100 of them, Nos said.

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