‘Left-back’ grouse as first flight lands at Calcutta Airport
A flight from Dhaka landed at the Calcutta airport with 169 passengers on Monday afternoon, the first plane to touch down the city under the second phase of a project to bring back Indians stuck abroad because of the lockdown.
The Air India Flight, which carried 33 Indian passengers to Dhaka earlier in the day, came back to land around 12.30pm. The 33 Indians work in Bangladesh.
The 180-seater plane had flown with less than full capacity to ensure social distancing.
The first passenger came out of the terminal building at 2.10pm and the last at 4pm. Airport officials attributed the delay to health check-ups and immigration clearances following physical distancing norms.
