A Mexican chartered plane is flying home dozens of Mexican nationals, who were quarantined in China over fears of the A/H1N1 flu. The Aeromexico plane has picked up passengers in several Chinese cities, including Shanghai and Beijing.
![A Mexican tourist (L) wearing surgical suit steps down the ambulance and heads for the charter flight at Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, south China, May 6, 2009. A charter flight, which had picked up quarantined Mexicans from Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, arrived in Hong Kong early Wednesday morning to pick up another 12 Mexican tourists, and then left China for Mexico. [Zhou Lei/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090506/001ec94a1ee40b6b432615.jpg "A Mexican tourist (L) wearing surgical suit steps down the ambulance and heads for the charter flight at Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, south China, May 6, 2009. A charter flight, which had picked up quarantined Mexicans from Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, arrived in Hong Kong early Wednesday morning to pick up another 12 Mexican tourists, and then left China for Mexico. [Zhou Lei/Xinhua]") |
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A Mexican tourist (L) wearing surgical suit steps down the ambulance and heads for the charter flight at Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, south China, May 6, 2009. A charter flight, which had picked up quarantined Mexicans from Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, arrived in Hong Kong early Wednesday morning to pick up another 12 Mexican tourists, and then left China for Mexico. [Zhou Lei/Xinhua] |
Those on board include those on the A-M098 flight from Mexico to Shanghai, where one Mexican was later diagnosed with the flu in Hong Kong. Some Mexican nationals who were living and working in China, but were not under quarantine, are also on board. The plane also flew to Guangzhou and Hong Kong to pick up more passengers before flying home Wednesday morning.
(CCTV May 6, 2009)
