Flight from Dubai to bring 200 Indians stranded abroad today

08/05/2020, SUNITHA SEKAR ,DEEPA H RAMAKRISHNANCHENNAI

A flight from Dubai, carrying Indian nationals stranded abroad, will land in the city on Friday night.

The repatriation flight, with nearly 200 passengers onboard, will be the first that the city airport will handle.

Preparations have been on at Chennai airport to receive them. A set of officials from the State government visited the airport on Thursday morning to inspect the facilities. The flight is expected to land around 8 p.m., sources said.

Soon after the passengers enter the airport, their temperature will be checked, and they will have to complete immigration and other procedures. Before they exit, staff from the Health department will collect swab samples to test for COVID-19, the sources added.

AAI officials said that they have cleaned and fumigated the terminals and arrangements are in place to receive the passengers. “There will be sanitisers placed at many points and floor markers have been placed in front of immigration counters.”