Special flight with 173 passengers arrives in Kerala from Abu Dhabi

An Air India Express special flight, IX0452 wit 179 passengers stranded in Abu Dhabi, landed at Cochin International Airport on Monday night. Under second phase of the Vande Bharat Mission, a total of 149 flights, including feeder flights will bring back Indians from 40 countries in a week.

Kochi: An Air India Express special flight, IX0452, from Abu Dhabi touched down at Cochin International Airport, with 173 passengers and two infants on Monday night under the Vande Bharat Mission.

On March 17, 127 Indian nationals arrived at at Cochin International Airport from Bahrain by a special Gulf Air flight. They were later quarantined at School for Naval Airmen (SFNA).

The second phase of the Vande Bharat Mission began on May 16, after some 15,000 people were repatriated on 64 flights in the first phase.

Under the second phase, the government had announced a total of 149 flights, including feeder flights, which will bring back Indians from 40 countries in a week.

(ANI REPORT)