英语文摘:Chinese chartered flight takes 185 more nationals home from Kyrgyzstan

BEIJING, June 16 (Xinhua) -- The fifth chartered flight sent by the Chinese government brought 185 more nationals back home from Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday morning, sources with the Foreign Ministry said.

The flight arrived at an airport in Urumqi, capital of northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, at 7:17 a.m. (Beijing time) from Osh of Kyrgyzstan, where ethnic clashes have left some 170 people dead.

Chinese nationals prepare to board the chartered flight at an airport in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, June 15, 2010.

The Chinese government has sent five chartered planes to bring home nationals including business people and students in Kyrgyzstan. So far 754 Chinese nationals have been taken home.

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