As the first Air India evacuation flight from London touched down at the Kempegowda International Airport here early Monday morning, 343 passengers heaved a huge sigh of relief.
After weeks of anxiety, they were finally on Indian soil. But for the next 14 days, they will have to spend time in quarantine before heading to their homes.
The flight, Air India (AI 1803) landed at around 4.45 am before all the passengers went through an elaborate thermal screening and scanning process at the airport.
All asymptomatic passengers were shifted to hotels and resorts spread across the city. The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) had arranged 16 buses for the purpose.
