The first four commercial planes sent to help evacuate Japanese nationals from riot-torn Indonesia arrived Monday at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture, carrying about 1,000 people.

An All Nippon Airways jet arrived at Narita airport Monday morning, carrying about 300 people. It was the first of 15 special flights arranged by ANA and Japan Airlines at the request of the government to evacuate about 5,000 Japanese from Indonesia through Wednesday.

The extra flights will carry a maximum of 4,800 people, according to the government. Two JAL airliners arrived at Narita airport from Jakarta on Monday afternoon with about 700 evacuees. Another ANA flight with about 200 people on board landed at Kansai International Airport from Jakarta later that night.