Air India flight to Ukraine returned after ‘things escalated’, says Scindia

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday said an Air India flight which took off from Delhi to bring back Indian citizens from Ukraine has returned mid-air after the “things escalated” there, adding that, flights from India to Ukraine will again fly, once the air-space of the concerned country opens up.

“Flights were flown for Ukraine earlier. Today also flights were flown to Ukraine but after 3 hours when things started escalating those flights came back. Whenever the air-space will open, we’ll fly the flights again,” said Scindia.

“We have been told that the airspace is complete as notice to airmen (NOTAM) has been issued,” he added.