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Chaos has reigned at Kathmandu's small airport since the earthquake, with the onslaught of relief flights causing major backups on the tarmac.

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Indians fight during a queue for an aircraft back to their country outside Nepal's Tribhuvan International Airport a day after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake, in Kathmandu, Nepal.Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters

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Indians queue up as they wait for an aircraft to evacuate to their country at Nepal's Tribhuvan International Airport a day after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake, in Kathmandu, Nepal.Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters

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Tourists gather inside Nepal's Tribhuvan International Airport a day after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake, in Kathmandu, Nepal.Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters

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An Indian Air Force person carries a Nepalese child, wounded in Saturday’s earthquake, to a waiting ambulance as the mother cries after they were evacuated from a remote area at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal.Altaf Qadri/The Associated Press

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Victims of Saturday's earthquake lie inside an Indian Air Force helicopter as they are evacuated from Trishuli Bazar to the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal.Jitendra Prakash/Reuters

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Victims of Saturday’s earthquake, sit on stretchers as they wait for ambulances after being evacuated at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal.Altaf Qadri/The Associated Press

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A wall at the Kathmandu airport that collapsed during Saturday's earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal.Altaf Qadri/The Associated Press

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Aman injured in Saturday’s earthquake, is laid on a stretcher after being evacuated in an Indian Air Force helicopter at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal.Altaf Qadri/The Associated Press

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A Nepalese man attends to an elderly as victims of Saturday’s earthquake, wait for ambulances after being evacuated at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal.Altaf Qadri/The Associated Press

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A man carries an injured child, who was wounded in Saturday's earthquake, after Indian Army soldiers evacuated them from Trishuli Bazar to the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal.Jitendra Prakash/Reuters

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