Mangaluru : After lock down the Air India’s first special flight from Dubai landed at Mangaluru International Airport with 176 passengers on Tuesday, May 12.
As many as 176 passengers – 88 male, 84 female, five children and two infants in all which included 38 pregnant women and 12 medical emergency cases, landed at the airport. All were stranded in the UAE due to the coronavirus induced.
Money transfer, SIM distribution, ration kit distribution and food arrangement was done for the passengers at the airport.
“The Air India Express IX 384 Boeing 737-8HG landed safely at the Bajpe airport, as per the standard operating procedure to be observed by all foreign returnees, the passengers were screened and tested to ensure they were asymptomatic and free from the Covid-19 virus.
Over 17 hotels and 12 hostels are offering their rooms to returnees, with boarding and facilities in compliance with the state health department’s guidelines and protocols.
Passengers were told to download the mandatory Quarantine app, the Aroygya Sethu app and Apthamitra app before leaving the airport for contact tracing later.