New Delhi, March 3: The fourth flight of the Indian Air Force(IAF) C-17 from Bucharest landed at the Hindan Air Base at Ghaziabad at 8:15 am today with 180 passengers on board, mostly students.
The flight is part of the Govt of India’s massive airlift effort named Operation Ganga. Till now, the IAF has brought back a total of 798 passengers from Hungary, Poland and Romania. The Raksha Rajya Mantri, Ajay Bhatt, was present at the tarmac to welcome back the passengers who were evacuated from Ukraine.
Today, the IAF is operating 3 more flights to various locations in the neighborhood of Ukraine towards the effort.
The IAF C-17 heavy lift transport aircraft have been extensively used for evacuation of stranded citizens of India in the recent past, most notably from Afghanistan. These airplanes have also been utilised to transport oxygen containers in large quantities during the COVID-19 outbreak last year.
