{"id":10876,"date":"2022-02-23T08:52:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T08:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamslivenews.com\/?p=10876"},"modified":"2022-02-23T08:52:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T08:52:42","slug":"air-india-flight-comes-home-from-ukraine-passengers-cheer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hamslive.com\/news\/2022\/02\/air-india-flight-comes-home-from-ukraine-passengers-cheer\/","title":{"rendered":"Air India flight comes home from Ukraine, passengers cheer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A Boeing 787 aircraft Air India flight from Ukraine carrying 242 passengers landed in Delhi around February 22nd at midnight.<\/h2>\n<p>India had requested its citizens including students who are living in Ukraine to return if their stay in the east European nation &#8220;is not deemed essential&#8221;. The Indian embassy in Ukraine said Indian citizens should look for any available commercial or charter flight to get out of the country amid tensions over a possible invasion by Russia.\u00a0 Passengers cheer as Air India flight comes home from Ukraine at midnight seen cheering, clapping, and showing the victory sign as the aircraft landed in New Delhi<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#39;Relieved&#39; Indians flown back from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ukraine<\/a> by special <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AirIndia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AirIndia<\/a> flight; Recount \u2018tensions&#39; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/India?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#India<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ekNJ2uQsZS\">pic.twitter.com\/ekNJ2uQsZS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Samira Nabila (@SamiraNabila1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamiraNabila1\/status\/1496359980358062083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Boeing 787 aircraft left Ukraine&#8217;s capital Kyiv at 6 pm and reached Delhi around midnight PTI reported.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, thousands of Indians are waiting to fly back home from Ukraine amid rising tensions with Russia, whose President Vladimir Putin has recognized two separatist areas in Ukraine as independent nations.<\/p>\n<p>Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan on Tuesday said it has no plans to operate flights to Ukraine. &#8220;At this time, we are not planning flights to Ukraine because of aircraft limitations and other reasons,&#8221; he told news agency PTI.<\/p>\n<p>Air India, recently acquired by the Tata group, flew several &#8220;Vande Bharat&#8221; missions to repatriate Indians when the COVID-19 lockdown was in full effect.<\/p>\n<p>A Civil Aviation Ministry official told PTI some other Indian airlines are likely to operate flights to Ukraine depending on demand.<\/p>\n<p>Indians in Ukraine who need information and assistance can also contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or MEA, which has set up a dedicated control room. There were reports of people not getting flight tickets earlier this week. India&#8217;s embassy in Ukraine has a 24-hour helpline.<\/p>\n<p>The situation in Ukraine at present is very perilous. 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