Tears almost immediately entered in the aircraft

The damage caused by the earthquake in Kathamamdu, Nepal yesterday - Photo EPA

Once the plane took off from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal all the passengers cheered and cried because there managed to leave the country affected by the earthquake.

That experience was a Malaysian Loy Yun Qing, 29, who managed to board the plane Thai Airways leave earth quake-hit Nepal yesterday to return to their homeland morning.

He did not expect his arrival to Nepal for the first time to join a trekking expedition to Annapurna on April 24 last, turned into a nightmare for him by the earthquake that occurred immediately after arriving there.

Yun Qing, who worked as a Sales Executive was scheduled to return home on May 3 after joining the expedition.

As soon as the earthquake occurred, Yun Qing had to cancel its intention to join the expedition trekking and scrambling to find transportation to the airport to buy tickets to return home.

"It is very difficult to find transportation to the airport for the average people there trying to flee coupled with small vibration-vibration that occurs every few minutes," he said.

Share experiences while at the airport, Yun Qing said the atmosphere was chaotic because when the average foreigners want to return to their respective countries due to the earthquake.

"When I arrived at the airport, we were told all flights had to be canceled and airports closed operations, all passengers had to wait outside until he was back in operation the next day," he said.

Once the airport back in operation, nearly all the passengers rushed to flee to the boarding gate for boarding.

"When it was no announcement, no screens on the flight information is missing because the system crashes, many of which revolve through the door in a hurry that there are up to a fight with security guards because of incomplete travel documents," he said.

Weak cell phone signal also makes it difficult to call the airline to book tickets because when it all came back to Malaysia tickets are sold out.

"I feel the opportunity to return to their homeland very thin though travel documents are complete as many challenges faced ... I almost gave up.

"However, the results of the experiment several times, I finally managed to contact my friend in Malaysia for help to book tickets for Thai Airways to fly to Bangkok before returning to Malaysia.

Passengers were told to only showcase tickets to get into the air as more of them lose the passport by the earthquake.

"We had to swivel in to the boarding gate because too many passengers wanted to get in one time and I finally managed to get out of the crush of people into the air.

"I almost tears of joy and felt relieved when successful entry into the aircraft," he said.

When the earthquake on Saturday, Loy with two friends who came from Guangzhou, China and guide locals were eating in a restaurant located on the ground floor of a four storey building, before leaving to join the expedition.

"We felt the tremors were very strong at that time, after which everyone rushed to escape the wind and the sound of buildings collapsing without interruption.

"When save yourself, I almost crushed by small stones and fragments of glass bottles falling from the sky, than human squeezed by the set ran to a nearby open space," he said when contacted by Bernama today.

Within seconds, all the buildings in the area collapsed in the earthquake and he still managed to save personal identification document was recovered in the vicinity of the building collapsed upon sahajakeadaan subsided.

"I can not imagine my luck if I am late to run out of the area," he said.

Yun Qing believe there are many other Malaysians who are trapped in Nepal due to the tickets sold out.

"I heard there was a friend of mine who arrived a week ahead of me to Nepal to join the expedition to climb Annapurna Camp Master but until now still no news about him there.

"Many have lost their identity documents by the earthquake and were unable to return to their country of origin. They are trapped there and had to live in a scary whenever quake struck," he said.