KLM flight with 100 Indians asked to return

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New Delhi:22.03.2020

A KLM flight was asked to return to Amsterdam after it took off for Delhi on Friday with about 100 Indians transiting back home from US and Canada. Since India has barred entry of anyone from Europe, UK and Turkey — including transit passengers from there — aviation authorities here asked the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, operating as KLM 871, to return to Amsterdam. On humanitarian grounds, sources say, this flight is likely to be allowed to operate on Sunday.

Air India also sent its 342-seater Boeing 777 on Saturday to bring Indians back from Rome. The flight is expected to return to Delhi by 7.30am on Sunday. “The number of passengers will be known when boarding is completed in Rome,” an AI official said.