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Bangkok Post
Bangkok Post
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First batch of evacuees scheduled to come home

Ready to fly home: A Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) officer greets Thais evacuated from war-torn Sudan during transit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, before being flown back to Thailand on RTAF repatriation flights. (Photo: RTAF)

A flight transporting 78 Thais from Sudan was scheduled to arrive in Bangkok at 10pm last night, the air force said, making them the first group of evacuees to arrive home since the conflict in the North African country began.

Spokesman AVM Prapas Sonjaidee on Thursday said an Airbus A340-500 plane and two air force C-130s had already transported a total of 82 Thai nationals from Sudan to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.

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