China's fourth chartered flight takes 189 nationals home from Kyrgyzstan

• Source: Xinhua
• [09:29 June 16 2010]
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Chinese nationals prepare to board the chartered flight at an airport in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, June 15, 2010. Photo: Xinhua

The fourth chartered flight sent by the Chinese government brought 189 nationals back home from Kyrgyzstan early Wednesday morning, sources with the Foreign Ministry said.

The flight arrived at an airport in Urumqi, capital of northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, at 3:30 a.m (Beijing time) from Osh of Kyrgyzstan, where ethnic clashes have left some 170 people dead.

The Chinese government has sent four chartered planes to bring home nationals including business people and students in Kyrgyzstan. So far 569 Chinese nationals have been taken home.

More chartered planes to be sent to take Chinese nationals back home, according to the ministry.