Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, German Air Force planes were on Friday due to fly a further 219 vulnerable German citizens home from the Lebanese capital Beirut. According to the Foreign Office in Berlin, a total of 460 people have so far been flown out of Lebanon as part of the so-called diplomatic pick-up programme. Further flights are being prepared depending on requirements and the situation. The Airbus A330 of the MMU multinational air transport unit was due to land in Cologne in the evening. The German military on Wednesday flew 130 German citizens out of Lebanon. Unlike eva…