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@王小东:美国版的“让领导先走”:一架美国军用飞机从塞浦路斯接走了42名美国驻埃及使馆官员及其家属,而撤滞留埃及美国公民的飞机要在此之后才能到——美联社
taunton daily gazette原文地址:http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EGYPT_EVACUATIONS?SITE=MATAU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
本人在美国中文网上也发现此新闻:http://www.sinovision.net/index.php?module=news&act=details&news_id=160258
Jan 31, 10:28 AM EST
Cairo airport a scene of chaos as foreigners flee By VICTORIA HAZOU and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS
Associated Press
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| CAIRO (AP) -- Cairo's international airport was a scene of chaos and confusion Monday as thousands of foreigners sought to flee the unrest in Egypt and countries around the world scrambled to send in planes to fly their citizens out.Nerves frayed, shouting matches erupted and some passengers even had a fistfight as thousands crammed into Cairo airport's new Terminal 3 seeking a flight home. The airport's departures board stopped announcing flight times in an attempt to reduce tensions - but the plan backfired, fueling passengers' anger.Making matters worse, check-in counters were poorly staffed because many EgyptAir employees had been unable to get to work due to a 3 p.m.-to-8 a.m. curfew and traffic breakdowns across the Egyptian capital."It's an absolute zoo, what a mess," said Justine Khanzadian, 23, a graduate student from the American University of Cairo. "I decided to leave because of the protests, the government here is just not stable enough to stay."A U.S. military plane landed at Larnaca Airport in Cyprus on ferrying 42 U.S. Embassy officials and their dependents from Egypt. The U.S. Embassy in Nicosia said at least one more plane was expected Monday with about 180 people. U.S. officials have said it will take several flights over the coming days to fly out the thousands of Americans who want to leave Egypt.In Cairo, EgyptAir resumed its flights Monday morning after a roughly 14-hour break because of the curfew and its inability to field enough crew. Over 20 hours, only 26 of about 126 EgyptAir flights operated, airport officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.By midday, an announcement filtered through the crowd instructing groups of Danish, German, Chinese, British and Canadian passengers that their governments had sent planes to evacuate them - causing a stampede to the gates.The officials said many countries were working to evacuate their citizens, with Turkey sending four flights, Israel and Russia sending two planes each and the Czech Republic one. They said those additional flights had helped ease the airport's restless crowds but the gains were short-lived as other foreigners and Egyptians poured in.Greek petroleum employee Markos Loukogiannakis, who arrived in Athens on a flight carrying 181 passengers including 65 U.S. citizens, said confusion reigned at Cairo airport and travelers had to negotiate a string of checkpoints to even get there."In a 22-kilometer (14-mile) route from our suburb to the airport we had to get through 19 checkpoints, including nine manned by civilians," he said. "There were lots of people gathering at the airport and it was very difficult to get in."He said security had deteriorated sharply over the past three days in Cairo after police withdrew from the streets."There was a wave of attacks by criminal elements who engaged in burglaries and wrecked shops and banks. There was a lot of shooting and residents took up the burden of protecting their property," he said.In a geopolitical shift, even Iraq decided it would evacuate its citizens, sending three planes to Egypt - including the prime minister's plane - to bring home for free all those who wish to return. Thousands of Iraqis had once fled to Egypt to escape the violence in their own country.About 800 Iraqis had left Cairo by Monday afternoon, said Capt. Mohammed al-Moussawi, a crew member for the prime minister's office. He said the flights would continue until all those who wished to return had done so.Nearly 320 Indian nationals were evacuated from Cairo to Mumbai on board a special Air India flight and another 275 expected to reach Mumbai later in the day. An Azerbaijan flight carrying 80 adults, 23 children and the body of an Azeri Embassy accountant killed in the unrest arrived in Baku.China sent two planes and was sending two more charter flights Tuesday to help pick up an estimated 500 Chinese stranded in Cairo. It issued a warning urging citizens not travel to Egypt had embassy personnel hand out food and water to Chinese passengers at the airport.That echoed earlier warnings from Britain, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and the Czech Republic, which all advised against all nonessential travel to Egypt. Many European tour companies canceled trips to the country until Feb. 23, others left the cancellations open until further notice.One big question was what to do with the tens of thousands of tourists in other parts of Egypt. Tour operators say they will fly home all their customers this week when their holidays end, or on extra flights, stressing there has not been any unrest in Red Sea resort cities like Hurghada or Sharm el-Sheik.Britain estimated there were around 30,000 U.K. tourists and long-term residents in Egypt, but said Monday it has no plans to evacuate British citizens. Foreign Secretary William Hague has advised against all but essential travel to Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Suez.Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Marcin Bosacki, however, said food shortages were starting to be felt at Egyptian resorts and some restaurants were refusing to serve foreigners.He said the Polish airline LOT would fly to Cairo on Tuesday to bring back those hoping to return but added there was no immediate need for an evacuation.Indonesia was sending a plane to Cairo to start evacuating some 6,150 Indonesian citizens - mostly students and workers - and SAS Denmark said it would fly home some 60 Danes stranded at Cairo airport.The Danish company shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S chartered a plane to pick up relatives of its Danish employees in Egypt, the Danish Embassy said. The company itself said there were no terminal operations in Egypt on Monday and the Maersk Line, Safmarine and Damco offices were closed.Air France canceled its daily flight from Paris to Cairo on Monday and planned to increase its capacity Tuesday by an extra 200 seats to help bring passengers back to France.Portugal sent a C-130 military transport plane to evacuate its citizens and Greece was sending three C-130 military transport planes to Alexandria on Tuesday for evacuations.----Hadjicostis reported from Nicosia, Cyprus. Staff in Associated Press bureaus around the world contributed to this report.© 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
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美国中文网报道:随着成千上万名外国人试图离开埃及,各国竞相派出包机接回本国公民,开罗国际机场星期一出现一派混乱景象。
在开罗机场三号候机楼拥挤不堪,令人神经紧张的高声叫喊不时出现,有些乘客甚至动起拳头。机场离境处停止宣布起飞时间,试图减少紧张气氛,却适得其反,取消班次和晚点更为怒气冲冲的人们火上浇油。
日本游客在开罗机场等待撤离。(美联社图)
据美联社报道,更糟糕的是检票柜台人手少,因为埃及航空公司的很多雇员受阻于下午三点到早晨八点的宵禁和埃及首都的交通瘫痪,无法工作。
开罗美国大学23岁的研究生坎扎殿(Justine Khanzadian)说,“这是个绝对的动物园,一团糟。因为抗议,我决定离开,这里的政府仅仅稳定得可以持续下去。”
美国一架军用飞机载送42名美国大使馆官员及其家属,星期一下午降落在塞浦路斯拉那卡机场(Larnaca Airport)。美国驻尼科西亚大使馆说,至少还有一架大约载有180人的飞机预计星期一离开埃及。美国官员说,今后几天还要多次航班运送数千名美国人离开埃及。
在开罗,埃及航空公司在14个小时的停飞之后,星期一恢复航班。今后20个小时,埃及航空126个航班中只有26个按期飞行。
到星期一中午,机场告诉丹麦人、德国人、中国人、英国人和加拿大人,他们的政府已经派出包机撤离他们,引起涌向登机门的拥挤践踏。
官员说,许多国家都在撤离本国公民,土耳其已经派出四个包机班次,以色列和俄罗斯个派出两架飞机;捷克共和国派出一架。那些额外班次一度缓解了机场的拥挤,但效果非常短暂--很多外国人和埃及人继续涌入机场。
具有地缘政治扭曲效果的是,甚至伊拉克也决定撤离本国公民,派出三架包机到埃及,免费撤离所有愿意回国的人。数千名伊拉克人当初是为了逃离本国的暴力而到了埃及。 另据中文媒体报道,中国外交部31号凌晨发出紧急通知,中国国际航空公司会派出一架空客A330客机,于上午11点40分起飞赴埃及开罗接走滞留的中国公民,而第二架海航的空客客机稍後也在下午一点起飞前往开罗。 中国国际航空公司的飞行总队,31号凌晨三点接到外交部的通知之后,连夜进行飞行准备,据悉,先期准备要接载的华侨为250人,而滞留在开罗机场的华侨和中国公民约为550人。由于国航在埃及没有固定的航班,这次飞行任务难度较大。同时,埃及外交部加强旅游警告,当地不少旅客纷纷缩短旅行走程,提前回国。有从开罗返回英国伦敦的旅客形容,骚乱令当地陷入极端混乱,能够安全离开已经很幸运。在约旦国际机场,从埃及返国的旅客表示,在前往机场的路上,看到开罗街头许多人手持枪械,其中包括妇女,他们拦截过往车辆,气氛紧张。恐慌情绪也在埃及本地人中蔓延,有埃及商人和名流,不惜租用飞机或者动用自家私人飞机,逃离当地避难。而在多个国家不断有示威浪潮,声援埃及的反zf示威,在土耳其伊斯坦布尔的埃及领事馆外,大约一百名土耳其民众,30号晚在高喊反对埃及总统穆巴拉克的口号,促请他尽快下台。警方为防止示威者太接近埃及领事馆,筑起了重重路障。 |
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