Air India evacuation flight may take off today; China yet to give nod

NEW DELHI: India is expected to conduct its maiden mission on Friday to evacuate its nationals from Wuhan even as it awaits Chinese green signal for the exercise.

ET has learnt that first Air India flight is expected to operate flight on Friday for evacuation mission. The flight has been kept ready in Mumbai for past three days after formal permission was sought from China.

“The government of India has been conducting a regular review on the situation arising out of the outbreak of coronavirus in China. We have put out regular updates on the arrangements which are being made. We have made a formal request to the government of China for bringing back Indian nationals from the Hubei province in two flights. We are awaiting for the necessary