New Delhi: First batch of 58 Indians, including women and children, brought back from Iran in a C-17 Globemaster military aircraft on Tuesday.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft landed with the Indians at Hindon air base in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh on early Tuesday.
The team were assisted by IAF medical team and support staff onboard the aircraft which left from Tehran with them for the humanitarian assistance mission.
The Indians will be sent to selected quarantine camps after medical observation and will be kept under observation for next 15 days.
The aircraft took off at around 8 p.m. from Hindon air base on Monday. Indian government has begun the evacuation operations from several countries in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.
India engaged with China to safely evacuate its citizens and citizens of other friendly nations on a priority basis. Air India earlier operated two special flights for the evacuation of 654 passengers that included 647 Indian citizens.
