DUBAI: Operation Stingray, the codename for the rescue operation to evacuate 59 stranded Malaysians in Kuwait, will begin as soon as airspace clearance is given to the Royal Malaysian Air Force.
Malaysian ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Datuk Syed Hussein Al Habshee confirmed that the governments of Bahrain and Kuwait had given the green light for the RMAF C130 transport planes to fly over their respective airspace and land in Kuwait City to pick up the stranded Malaysians.