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  • Air India’s 2d flight wearing 250 Indian evacuees from Ukraine lands in Delhi

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Air India’s 2d evacuation flight from Romanian capital Bucharest wearing 250 Indian nationals who have been stranded in Ukraine landed on the Delhi airport within the early hours of Sunday, govt officers mentioned. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia welcomed the evacuees on the airport by way of handing out roses to them.

    India on Saturday started the evacuation of its stranded voters amid the Russian army offensive in Ukraine, with the primary evacuation flight, AI1944, bringing again 219 folks from Bucharest to Mumbai within the night time.

    The second one evacuation flight, AI1942, wearing 250 Indian voters landed on the Delhi airport round 2.45 am on Sunday, the officers mentioned.

    Air India’s 3rd evacuation flight, AI1940, which can go away from Hungarian capital Budapest, may be scheduled to go back with evacuees to Delhi on Sunday, they mentioned. The Ukrainian airspace has been closed for civil plane operations since February 24 morning when the Russian army offensive started.

    Due to this fact, the Indian evacuation flights are working out of Bucharest and Budapest.

    Indian nationals who reached the Ukraine-Romania border and Ukraine-Hungary border have been taken to Bucharest and Budapest, respectively, by way of street with the help of Indian govt officers in order that they might be evacuated in those Air India flights, the officers mentioned.

    The federal government isn’t charging the rescued voters for the evacuation flights, they mentioned. Air India shared on Twitter footage of Scindia receiving the evacuees on the airport.

    “Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia receiving the Indian nationals who have been flown again to Delhi from Bucharest by way of AI 1942 on February 27 early morning, operated to evacuate Indians stranded at war-ravaged Ukraine,” the airline mentioned.

    International Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla had mentioned on February 24 that round 16,000 Indians, basically scholars, have been stranded in Ukraine.

    The Indian Embassy in Ukraine mentioned on Twitter on Saturday that Indian voters in Ukraine must now not transfer to any of the border posts with out prior coordination with the Indian govt officers there the usage of the helpline numbers.

    “The placement at quite a lot of border checkpoints is delicate and the Embassy is operating frequently with our Embassies in our neighbouring international locations for coordinated evacuation of our voters,” it discussed.

    The Indian Embassy in Ukraine mentioned it’s discovering it an increasing number of tricky to assist the crossing of the ones Indian nationals who’re attaining border checkpoints with out prior intimation.

    It mentioned that staying in western towns of Ukraine with get right of entry to to water, meals, lodging and elementary facilities is slightly more secure and really useful in comparison to attaining border checkpoints with out being absolutely abreast of the location.

    “All the ones lately within the jap sector are asked to proceed to stay of their present puts of place of abode till additional directions, deal with calm, and keep indoors or in shelters up to conceivable, with no matter meals, water and facilities to be had and stay affected person,” it mentioned.

  • First AI flight wearing 219 Indian evacuees from Ukraine lands in Mumbai

    Through PTI

    MUMBAI: The primary Air India flight wearing 219 Indian evacuees from Ukraine landed on the Mumbai airport from Bucharest, Romania, on Saturday night, ATC assets stated.

    Operated with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, Air India flight AI-1944 touched down the runway at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj World Airport (CSMIA) right here at 7.50 pm, they stated.

    Union Minister Piyush Goyal was once on the airport to obtain the Indian nationals getting back from war-hit Ukraine on their arrival.

    The Air India flight had left from Mumbai for Bucharest at 3.38 am Saturday and landed there at round 10.45 am (Indian Same old Time). It departed for Mumbai at 1.55 pm (IST).

    #WATCH | Union Minister Piyush Goyal welcomes the Indian nationals safely evacuated from Ukraine at Mumbai airport percent.twitter.com/JGKReJE1ct

    — ANI (@ANI) February 26, 2022

    The Ukrainian airspace has been closed for civil airplane operations because the morning of February 24 and subsequently, the evacuation flights are working out of Bucharest and Budapest.

    Indian nationals who reached the Ukraine-Romania border via highway had been taken to Bucharest via Indian executive officers in order that they may be able to be evacuated within the Air India flights.

    Round 16,000 Indians, principally scholars, have been stranded in Ukraine, Overseas Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla had stated on February 24.

    The gap between Kyiv and the Romanian border checkpoint is roughly 600 km and it takes any place between 8 hours to 11 hours to hide it via highway.

    The Indian embassy in Ukraine on Friday stated it was once operating to ascertain evacuation routes from Romania and Hungary.

    Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had previous within the day stated on Twitter that AI1944 with “219 Indian nationals has taken off from Romania”.

    “Relating to evacuation of Indian nationals from Ukraine, we’re making growth. Our groups are operating at the flooring round-the-clock. I’m in my opinion tracking,” he added.

    Air India will perform extra flights on Saturday to Bucharest and Hungarian capital Budapest to evacuate Indians stranded in Ukraine.

    Previous to the closure of the Ukrainian airspace, Air India had operated a flight to Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on February 22 that introduced 240 folks again. It had deliberate to perform two extra flights on February 24 and February 26 however may just now not because the Russian offensive started on February 24 and the Ukrainian airspace was once as a result close down.