A Boeing 747 and an Airbus A333 of  Philippines Airlines made rare visits to Malta last night to fly out some 800 Filipino workers who were evacuated from Libya.

The workers were brought to Malta by ferry from Benghazi yesterday.

They were flown to Manila.

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