Government sends flights to evacuate Indians in Milan, Tehran today
NEW DELHI : The government will send rescue flights to Milan and Tehran on Saturday to evacuate hundreds of stranded Indians, civil aviation ministry’s joint secretary Rubina Ali said.
“Tomorrow, we are having one flight from Tehran. This would be Mahan Air and it would land around midnight tomorrow… Then one more will be flying tomorrow around 12 or 1 afternoon. That will be going to Milan to bring back our Indian citizens stranded there and it would land on Sunday morning,” Ali said. The aircraft to Milan will be of Air India. The government has prepared a second Air India aircraft which will be flown to evacuate Indians stranded in Iran.
Both in Iran and Italy, it is evacuating those passengers who have tested negative for the disease. In Iran, the government has collected 1,199 samples that have been brought to India for testing.
