Indonesian taskforce leaves for Cairo
Wed, 2 February 2011
The Jakarta Post Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa and Transportation Minister Freddy Numberi saw off the Indonesian Citizens Evacuation Taskforce, which departed for Cairo early on Tuesday morning. The plane took off from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, and both ministers were accompanied by the presidential advisor and taskforce chief Hassan Wirajuda. A Garuda Indonesia's Boeing 747-400, with a total capacity of up to 450 passengers, is carrying 19 taskforce members, including taskforce deputy Air Marshal Sukirno and several officials from the National Education Ministry, the Health Ministry, the Foreign ministry, and the Indonesian Military (TNI). "We're only sending 19 personnel because the aircraft is supposed to bring our citizens back to Indonesia. (The personnel) will oversee the evacuation and the aircraft is expected to return with the evacuees", Marty said.
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