British nationals on the plane to Cyprus today (Picture: Sky News)

The first British evacuees from Sudan have touched down on home soil.

The flight landed at Stansted Airport at around 2.24pm this afternoon after taking off from Cyprus earlier today.

Three more planes are planned to rescue more people from the war-torn capital city of Khartoum.

Around 300 people have been have been evacuated on the first four flights, with 40 on board the first plane which left the country yesterday morning.

The Smartwings plane carrying 40 people arrived at Stansted this afternoon (Picture: Sky News)

Hundreds of nationals have been helped to safety (Picture: UK MOD Crown copyright)

Three more planes are expected to land later today (Picture: Sky News)

According to the government’s own estimates, there are at least 2,000 UK nationals in Sudan, though there have been suggestions the number could be above 4,000.

According to the Government 301 people have now been lifted to safety from Sudan.

Four flights have taken the Brits to safe zones in Cyprus, as the military races against time to rescue citizens while a fragile ceasefire holds.

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The flight landed at Stansted Airport this afternoon after taking off from Cyprus earlier today.