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Coronavirus | Six Indian students stopped from boarding special flight in Wuhan

Their body temperatures were found to be higher

February 01, 2020 11:31 am | Updated 04:31 pm IST - Mumbai

Aditya Anand
Passengers on board the flight leaving Wuhan on February 1, 2020. Photo: Special arrangement

Passengers on board the flight leaving Wuhan on February 1, 2020. Photo: Special arrangement

Six Indian students were prevented from boarding a special evacuation flight from Wuhan after their body temperatures were found to be higher.

Of the 324 passengers who flew to Delhi, three were minors, 211 students and 110 working professionals.

Also read:All about the Coronavirus

The special Air India flight AI 349 left Wuhan at 3.55 a.m. local time and landed in Delhi at 7.28 a.m. IST – a journey of six hours.

Earlier, Air India spokesperson Dhananjay Kumar said, “Another flight will depart to Wuhan from Delhi at 12.50 p.m. on Saturday with a different set of crew and same doctor team. The rescue team is again being headed by Captain Amitabh Singh, director operations, Air India”.

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