Mangaluru: The Vande Bharat Mission Air India’s first special flight from Muscat arrived at Mangaluru airport here on Wednesday, May 20.

The Air India flight with 65 passengers on Wednesday, May 20 landed at 8.05 pm in Mangaluru International Airport.

This is the first repatriation flight from Muscat to bring Kannadigas stranded there.

The flight first landed in Bengalurug, then 65 passengers landed in Mangaluru. Mangalurean Capt Michael Saldanha was the pilot of the flight.

Money transfer, SIM distribution, ration kit distribution and food arrangement was done for the passengers at the airport. After completing the formalities, including immigration check and filling the self-declaration form, the passengers were screened and tested to ensure they were asymptomatic and free from the Covid-19 virus.