China sends two planes to evacuate its citizens from Egypt

[Lankan Ranger]

China sends two planes to evacuate its citizens from Egypt

China says it sent two passenger planes on Monday to pick up its citizens stranded in Cairo as anti-government protests in Egypt show no sign of easing.

The website of the official People's Daily newspaper says Air China and Hainan Airlines have each sent an Airbus A330 plane to Cairo to evacuate Chinese citizens. Each plane can carry about 250 passengers. The report says there are more than 500 Chinese at the airport.

The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that China hopes normalcy and stability will be restored in Egypt soon.

A notice on the website of the Chinese Embassy in Cairo says that China has issued a travel warning and requested its citizens not to travel to Egypt. It said embassy staff have been giving food and water to Chinese at the airport.

The Canadian Press: China sends 2 planes to evacuate its citizens stranded in Egypt

 

[chinapakistan]

Are two planes enough?

 

[Last Hope]

Slowly, all the Egypt will dry out leaving no one except prtestors and police (they are forced to), and I guess even the government officials will go.

India sent one plane and China sends two?
Is this a race?

 

[Qasibr]

I wonder what sort of plane China sent

 

[applesauce]

I wonder what sort of plane China sent

A330 they are also scheduling more flights