Air India plane leaves for Tunisia to bring back stranded Indians

A Boeing 777-LR is flying to bring back Indians who have been moved from Iraq to the Tunisian island of Djerba.

August 06, 2014 09:41 am | Updated November 16, 2021 06:44 pm IST - New Delhi

An Air India plane took off for Tunisia on Wednesday to bring back about 200 Indians struck in strife-torn Libya.

A Boeing 777-LR is flying to Djerba to bring back these passengers. It will be an eight-hour long flight and will return tomorrow morning carrying the stranded Indians.

Air India has been sending special flights to war-torn areas of Iraq and Libya regularly.

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