India’s ‘Operation Ganga’ continues, 182 Indians safely return to Mumbai from Ukraine

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

Union MSME minister Narayan Rane received them at the Mumbai airport, the spokesperson said.

आज मुंबई हवाई अड्डे पर एयर इंडिया एक्सप्रेस द्वारा रोमानिया के बुखारेस्ट से युक्रेन में फसे 182 भारतीय छात्रों को सुरक्षित लौटते हुए देखकर राहत और खुशी हुई। #OperationGanga pic.twitter.com/6Ok1S1dyuA

— Narayan Rane (@MeNarayanRane) March 1, 2022

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.

Also read: Russia-Ukraine conflict: ‘Operation Ganga’ shows India left no stone unturned to bring back citizens

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

#OperationGanga advances to its seventh flight.

182 Indian nationals have started the journey to Mumbai from Bucharest. https://t.co/hiS55lifro

— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) February 28, 2022

Air India Express is the international budget arm of Air India, which is now owned by the Tata Group.

On Saturday, Air India had operated the first chartered flight to CSMIA from Bucharest with 219 Indian evacuees from Ukraine.

India began the evacuation of its citizens from Romania and Hungary — western neighbours of Ukraine — on Saturday after Russia launched a military offensive there.

Around 14,000 Indians, mainly college students, were stranded in Ukraine.

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