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  India   All India  01 Mar 2022  Air India flight carrying 182 Indians nationals from Ukraine lands in Mumbai

Air India flight carrying 182 Indians nationals from Ukraine lands in Mumbai

PTI
Published : Mar 1, 2022, 9:19 am IST
Updated : Mar 1, 2022, 9:19 am IST

The AI Express flight IX-1202 from Bucharest via Kuwait touched down the runway at 7.40 am

Students show the thumbs-up sign before boarding the flight in Bucharest. (Photo: Twitter/@DrSJaishankar)
 Students show the thumbs-up sign before boarding the flight in Bucharest. (Photo: Twitter/@DrSJaishankar)

Mumbai: An Air India Express flight carrying 182 Indians nationals from war-torn Ukraine landed here from the Romanian capital Bucharest on Tuesday morning, an airline spokesperson said.

The AI Express flight IX-1202 from Bucharest via Kuwait touched down the runway at 7.40 am, he said.

An aircraft to bring back Indian nationals from Ukraine had left from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) for Bucharest on Monday.

This is the second evacuation flight operated to Mumbai from Bucharest to bring back Indians from war-hit Ukraine since February 27.

Tags: russia-ukraine crisis, russia-ukraine standoff, russia ukraine tensions, ukraine crisis, ukraine conflict
Location: India, Maharashtra, Mumbai (Bombay)