Air India Flight with Indians from the US Reaches Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The Second Vande Bharat Air India evacuation flight from San Francisco in the US landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Shamshabad here on Monday with 118 passengers.

The AI 1617 flight from the US arrived via Mumbai before landing at the RGIA. Another evacuation flight from Abu Dhabi (UAE) will be landing at the RGIA around 9.30 pm.

First @airindiain #VandeBharatMission spl flight out of US took off from SFO for #Mumbai & #Hyderabad with 225 on board. Consul General Sanjay Panda saw them off as a new look Maharajah welcomed them aboard @DrSJaishankar @HardeepSPuri @HarshShringla @SandhuTaranjit @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/Q2hOgyOTrz

— India in SF (@CGISFO) May 10, 2020

Since Saturday, the Air India is operating evacuation flights to bring back Indians stranded in other countries. The first flight with 163 passengers including two infants arrived at the RGIA late on Saturday night.

These passengers were later shifted to separate hotels in the city for 14 days paid quarantine.