Related News
Evacuation flights delayed by Mediterranean fog
By Zhao Wen and Lu Feiran |
February 25, 2011, Friday
|
Online Edition
Online Edition
FLIGHTS from Shanghai to Malta to pick up Chinese evacuees from Libya did not take off this morning due to foggy weather in the Mediterranean which is delaying the passenger liner carrying the evacuees.
Chinese Foreign Ministry said this morning that they could not confirm the ship's exact time of arrival in Malta.
The eight flights by Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines are not expected to take off before 6pm today.
Flight to Malta in the Mediterranean takes about 13 hours.
The eight planes are expected to pick up about 2,100 Chinese citizens and 570 of them will come to Shanghai, officials said.
By this morning, nearly 5,000 Chinese had left Libya in China's largest-ever evacuation effort to bring about 30,000 Chinese nationals out of the violence-torn North African state.
Chinese Foreign Ministry said this morning that they could not confirm the ship's exact time of arrival in Malta.
The eight flights by Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines are not expected to take off before 6pm today.
Flight to Malta in the Mediterranean takes about 13 hours.
The eight planes are expected to pick up about 2,100 Chinese citizens and 570 of them will come to Shanghai, officials said.
By this morning, nearly 5,000 Chinese had left Libya in China's largest-ever evacuation effort to bring about 30,000 Chinese nationals out of the violence-torn North African state.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
