India: 2nd Evacuation Flight With 250 Indians From Ukraine Lands In Delhi

NEW DELHI, 27 February 2022, (TON): Government officials said “Air India's second evacuation flight from Romanian capital Bucharest carrying 250 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine landed at the Delhi airport.”

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia welcomed the evacuees at the airport by handing out roses to them.

India began the evacuation of its stranded citizens amid the Russian military offensive in Ukraine, with the first evacuation flight, AI1944, bringing back 219 people from Bucharest to Mumbai.

The officials said “the second evacuation flight, AI1942, carrying 250 Indian citizens landed at the Delhi airport around 2.45 am.”

They said “Air India's third evacuation flight, AI1940, which will depart from Hungarian capital Budapest, is also scheduled to return with evacuees to Delhi.”

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