American military planes evacuated more than 300 Americans to Germany today in the aftermath of a military coup in this West African nation.
Most of the 270 Americans flown to the Rhein military airbase in Frankfurt in an initial flight were staff members from the United States Embassy, and the spouses and children of diplomats, according to a senior diplomat at the mission who insisted on not being identified.
A second plane with 57 people aboard carried United States Government workers, their families and a missionary group, said Col. Ron Maples, a spokesman for the United States European Command.
Source: New York Times
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