119 Indians, 5 foreigners from coronavirus-hit cruise ship land in Delhi on AI flight
NEW DELHI: A special Air India flight carrying 119 Indians and five nationals from Sri Lanka, Nepal, South Africa and Peru, who were on board the coronavirus-hit quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess, landed in New Delhi on Thursday morning.
India thanked Japanese authorities for facilitating the evacuation of people.
“Air India flight has just landed in Delhi from Tokyo, carrying 119 Indians & 5 nationals from Sri Lanka, Nepal, South Africa and Peru who were quarantined onboard the #DiamondPrincess due to #COVID19. Appreciate the facilitation of Japanese authorities.
Thank you @airindiain once again,” tweeted External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
