Airplanes from Thai Airlines parking on the tarmac (停机坪) prepare for take off at the besieged (被包围的) Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok on Dec. 1, 2008. Some 30 planes had been flown out starting Sunday and an additional 50 were to be moved later Monday, some of them to protest-free airports elsewhere in Thailand so that stranded (被困的) travelers can fly out of the country, said Serirat Prasutanont, director of the Airports Authority of Thailand.
(AP Photo/Vincent Thian)