Emergencies Ministry Sending Planes to Evacuate Russians from Libya
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22.02.2011
Russia’s Ministry for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense /EMERCOM/ is preparing its jets for evacuation of Russian citizens from the violence-stricken Libya, Irina Andrianova, the chief of EMERCOM press service told Itar-Tass Monday.
She said an Ilyushin-62, a Yakovlev-42, and two Ilyushin-76 cargo carriers may take off and head for Tripoli as early as Tuesday.
“Two more jets, an Ilyushin-76 and a Yakovlev-42, are on the standby,” Andrianova said.
“We hope four jets will be able to leave for Libya in the morning of Tuesday, February 22,” she said. “The Ilyushin-62 will be the first one to take off. The early data we have indicates there are about 500 Russian citizens to be evacuated.”
Earlier President Medvedev ordered that evacuation arrangements be made for Russian citizens in the North African country.
Russkiy Mir Foundation Information Service