China delaying permission to India for sending plane to Wuhan: Official
China is delaying grant of clearance to India’s proposal to send an Indian Air Force plane to carry relief material for people affected by coronavirus in the neighbouring country and bring back Indians from its city of Wuhan, official sources said on Saturday.
India was to send a C-17 military transport aircraft to Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, on February 20 but the plane could not take off as permission was not granted.
“China is deliberately delaying grant of clearance for the evacuation flight,” a high-level source said.
Official sources said Japan, Ukraine and France have been allowed to operate flights between February 16 and 20 but India’s request has not been approved.
