A young Sardinian woman has been stranded in Amman, Jordan, since Saturday following the disruption of flights caused by the escalation in the Middle East .

The country is not under attack, like Dubai, which was the target of Iranian retaliation, but it is understandable that a group of young women who went on vacation to visit, among other things, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, are deeply concerned. They are now held hostage in a country just a stone's throw from Israel and Lebanon. In the midst of a war , in an area where alarm sirens have been sounding.

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Julia Carta is 23 years old and lives in San Vero Milis . She left for Jordan with a group of 13 women, almost all from Northern Italy. They had a Ryanair flight back home on Saturday, bound for Bergamo Orio al Serio: the very day the US and Israeli attack and the Iranian response led to the closure of the airspace .

"My daughter is scared. Planes and other flying objects are constantly flying over the area ," explains her father Filiberto. The group is now in a hotel: "They've settled in and are feeding them, but the girls are panicking and want to go home; some are in tears."

At the embassy they were advised to cross the border and go to Egypt: "Three of them are doing it, but not my daughter. I told her to wait because it's not safe."

For the rest, the only other advice is to register your presence with the Viaggiare Sicuri app, activating geolocation. When will they be able to restart? Perhaps as early as tomorrow, March 3rd, they announced, but for now, the Ryanair website lists the next flight for the 7th . And there's no guarantee it will be possible; in fact, given the escalation and the widening conflict zone, it seems highly unlikely.

“My daughter and the other girls are waiting for answers, they are scared,” concludes Julia’s father, very worried.

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(Unioneonline/L)

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