SEPANG: The last group of 602 Malaysians airlifted from Egypt to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, are scheduled to be flown home Monday.
The group will be brought back on a Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and Saudi Air flight 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 Sunday to bring 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 scheduled to arrive at RMAF's Subang airbase at around 6pm, he said.
Earlier Sunday, Deputy Foreign Minister Senator Kohilan Pillay was present at KLIA to welcome home 450 Malaysian 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.
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