A special Air Indian flight brought back 324 Indians who were stranded in China's Wuhan, amid the coronavirus outbreak crisis which has killed nearly 215 people.
The plane that was sent from India carried 5 doctors from the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and an Air India paramedic. The flight landed in Delhi today morning.
As the virus is highly contagious, all the passengers would be thoroughly examined at a special quarantine facility built by Indian army near Manesar in Delhi.
The departure of the flight was delayed from Wuhan airport as the immigration and Chinese authorities did not allow six Indians on board after they reported high temperatures during screening.
India has thanked the Chinese government for facilitating the special flight to evacuate the Indians from Wuhan. "An Air India flight carrying 324 Indian nationals from the coronavirus hit Hubei Province of China took off from Wuhan in the early hours of Feb 1. Majority of the passengers were Indian students. We sincerely thank the Chinese government for facilitating this flight," the Indian embassy tweeted.