quote 'BYALPHAINDIA'
"Ptkay, Wouldn't it be a good idea if in 'future' - The polish transport their own people, in their own machines, In their own country?
Maybe if this was done instead, We may not be talking now?
Surely they have their own transport?"
It would seem to be the most straightforward solution, but with all the complexities of the EU / UN , subchartering resources available at the time would seem more appropriate.
This probably happens all the time, and we shouldn't forget the terrible accident that befell the 62 spanish peacekeeping troops returning from duty in 2003, travelling on a Ukranian registered aircraft
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2937584.stm
(Have the findings from this accident yet been released?)
It would seem that you take which country has an a/c to offer regardless of nationality, but something obviously went very wrong on this occasion - thank goodness they got off alive/uninjured.....