Early Tuesday morning, a charter flight from Jordan already evacuated some 87 Thais who had been trapped at the Cairo International Airport for three days. Those stranded passengers will be then moved out from the Amman Queen Alia International Airport in Jordan when the flight of Thai Airways arrives there in the afternoon.
The flight is expected to arrive in Bangkok at about 2.45 a.m.
Thani Thongpakdi, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said five Thai officials including psychologists and high- ranking officers from the custom department also went with the Thai Airways` flight in case those Thais need help.
All Thai nationals in Egypt were now safe and officials from the embassy were standing by at the Cairo Airport to help, he said.
Meanwhile, the ministry issued a second warning that Thais should delay travel to Egypt till the situation returns to normal. Those whose visits to the country were essential should exercise great caution as the situation remained highly dangerous, it said.(*)
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