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Planes carrying 480 Chinese take off from Cairo airport
Xinhua, February 1, 2011
Two planes, carrying a total of 480 Chinese nationals who were stranded in Egypt, took off from the Cairo airport early Tuesday, and are heading for China, according to the Chinese embassy in Egypt.
The planes, one dispatched by Air China International and the other by Hainan Airlines, left the Cairo International Airport at around 1:43 a.m.and 2:23 a.m. local time on Tuesday.
Some 424 Chinese nationals are still stranded in the Cairo airport, according to a Chinese embassy source. Two more planes from China will arrive in Cairo at about 7 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday, to bring the rest back home.
There are still another 300 Chinese who now stay in Cairo hotels and Egyptian tourist spots and need to return, said the source.
The Chinese government has promised that it would dispatch more planes to take stranded nationals back home.
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http://www.china.org.cn/world/2011-02/01/content_21857389.htm
Xinhua, February 1, 2011
Two planes, carrying a total of 480 Chinese nationals who were stranded in Egypt, took off from the Cairo airport early Tuesday, and are heading for China, according to the Chinese embassy in Egypt.
The planes, one dispatched by Air China International and the other by Hainan Airlines, left the Cairo International Airport at around 1:43 a.m.and 2:23 a.m. local time on Tuesday.
Some 424 Chinese nationals are still stranded in the Cairo airport, according to a Chinese embassy source. Two more planes from China will arrive in Cairo at about 7 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday, to bring the rest back home.
There are still another 300 Chinese who now stay in Cairo hotels and Egyptian tourist spots and need to return, said the source.
The Chinese government has promised that it would dispatch more planes to take stranded nationals back home.
More...
http://www.china.org.cn/world/2011-02/01/content_21857389.htm