The last six passengers and around 19 crew members evacuated from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship landed in the Dutch city of Eindhoven in the early hours of Tuesday (May 12).

Two planes left the Spanish island of Tenerife by plane late on Monday (May 11).

They will be quarantined in the Netherlands before returning to their home countries.

A complex operation had thus far resulted in 94 people being evacuated and repatriated to their countries of residence, 41 days after the MV Hondius set off from southern Argentina and nine days after the first positive test result for the respiratory hantavirus infection.

Three people - a Dutch couple and a German national - have died since the start of the outbreak on the ship of the virus, which is usually spread by wild rodents but can also be transmitted person-to-person in rare cases of close contact.

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SHOWS: EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS (MAY 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. FLIGHT CARRYING PASSENGERS EVACUATED FROM THE MV HONDIUS LANDING

2. PLANE TAXIING

3. VARIOUS OF PLANE ON TARMAC

4. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE DISEMBARKING PLANE IN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING

5. PEOPLE IN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ENTERING AIRPORT BUILDING

6. VARIOUS OF SECOND FLIGHT CARRYING THE SHIP'S CREW LANDING

7. PEOPLE DISEMBARKING DOWN STEPS

8. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE BEING LED ACROSS TARMAC