EGYPT: AIR FORCE PLANS NINE EVACUATION FLIGHTS A DAY

CAIRO (Bernama) -- The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RAMF) plans to mount nine daily flights from Egypt to Jeddah using three C-130 military
transport aircraft to evacuate Malaysian students in the crisis-torn country,
the mission's chief Col Abdul Mutalib Wahab said.

He said the aircraft could carry up to 200 people in each flight, enabling
the air force to evacuate up to 1,800 people a day.

The RMAF would carry evacuation flights at eight-hour intervals until the
mission was completed, he said.

The air force started evacuation flights out of Cairo and Alexandria
Friday after resolving numerous issues, including landing rights at the two
airports.

The first flight took off from Jeddah at 3.55pm local time and landed back
at 7pm.


The mission's crewman was greeted on arrival by National Security Council
Director Mohamed Tajudeen Abdul Wahab and Malaysian Ambassador to Libya
Dzulkepli Mohd Nor, the coordinator for the operation.

A total of 150 personnel were involved in the operation.

Meanwhile, Deputy Foreign Minister Senator Kohilan Pillay said the operation
to evacuate Malaysians from Cairo Saturday was on target, with at least 3,000
people evacuated daily.

-- BERNAMA