Friday, March 25, 2016

Aircraft with Indians arrives from Brussels

New Delhi: Indians stranded in Belgian capital Brussels after the deadly terror attack on Tuesday, arrived back here on a Jet Airways flight on Friday morning.

An aircraft, carrying 242 passengers including 28 crew members, arrived here from Amsterdam. The flight landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here at 5:30 a.m., a Jet Airways spokesperson said.

The flight had 214 passengers and 28 crew members.

"A big welcome to our guests! Flight 9W 1229 from Amsterdam has landed at Delhi," Jet Airways tweeted on Friday morning.

The airline had on Thursday announced to fly three flights, one each to Mumbai, Delhi and Toronto from Amsterdam to fly its passengers, who were stuck in Brussels due to the terror attack on airport and metro stations.

However, the airline cancelled Mumbai flight due to a snag in the aircraft and combined it with Delhi flight.
25/03/16 The Hindu
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