Chinese airlines have returned more than 1,600 nationals home after an 8.1- magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on Saturday, according to the Foreign Ministry.

 

"Within two days of the quake, 12 Chinese civil jets had carried more than 1,600 Chinese stranded at the Kathmandu Airport in Nepal," said a statement released by the Foreign Ministry on Monday evening.

 

The statement said 11 jets from Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern, among others brought back nearly 900 people on Monday.

 

Another five planes will return 500 more today. 

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