Chartered flight brings back 179 stranded people to Pune from UAE
A CHARTERED flight on Sunday returned to Pune with 179 people stranded in United Arab Emirates (UAE). The passengers included 83 residents of Pune and 23 from other towns in the state. Nine were from other states.
The flight was scheduled to arrive at 12.40 pm, but was delayed by around 30 minutes. All Pune residents have been sent to institutional quarantine at hotels arranged by the PMC. Those from other cities such as Mumbai, Nashik, Aurangabad, Thane, Ahmednagar, Kolhapur and Sangli have been sent to their destinations in state transport buses. Some passengers from Gujarat, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh have also been sent home.
