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Last Group Of Malaysian Evacuees To Arrive Home Monday

February 13, 2011

SEPANG, Feb 13 (Bernama) -- The last group of Malaysians airlifted from Egypt numbering 602 people who are still in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia are scheduled to be flown home on Monday.

The group will be brought back on a Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and Saudi Air flight which are scheduled to arrive at the Kuala Lumpur International airport (KLIA) around noon.

Speaking to Bernama at KLIA here, a foreign ministry official said four flights would depart Jeddah today to ferry home 1,010 Malaysians moved out Egypt, one of which would land in Jakarta.

The 170 Malaysians flown to Jakarta would be brought home on Royal Malaysian Air Force Hercules C180 aircraft which are scheduled to arriving at RMAF's Subang airbase at around 6pm, he said.

Earlier, Deputy Foreign Minister Senator Kohilan Pillay was present at KLIA to welcome 450 Malaysians evacuees from Egypt who were flown home from Jeddah on a Mas flight which touched down at 5.20am.

Two more flights - one MAS and the other Saudi Air bringing home 150 and 250 Malaysians home respectively, are scheduled to arrive at KLIA at 11am and 1pm respectively.

-- BERNAMA

Source: Bernama.
Link: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=563375.

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