Madrid - A Spanish military plane on Wednesday has flown about 120 people, including 45 Spaniards, out of crisis-torn Ivory Coast, foreign ministry sources said.
They said the plane had left for Spain's Canary Islands in the early evening where it would refuel before heading for Madrid overnight.
They added that the passengers included 11 Portuguese nationals with a handful more from France and the remainder citizens of several Latin American nations.
Also on Wednesday evening, the first French airliner carrying 270 evacuees from Ivory Coast landed at Charles de Gaulle airport outside Paris with two more planes due to follow overnight.
The Ivory Coast is mired in a stand-off between government and rebel forces which has fuelled protests against the former colonial power France, prompting several European countries to seek to evacuate their citizens.
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France destroyed two Ivorian warplanes and three attack helicopters after the jets raided a French military base in the central town of Bouake on Saturday, killing nine French soldiers and a US civilian.
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