New Delhi

A special flight of Air India AI-1943 landed at Bucharest in Romania for the evacuation of stranded Indians in Ukraine on Saturday morning.

This is the first special flight that is travelling through another route after Ukraine closed its airspace. The 787 Dreamliner has the capacity to carry 250 passengers and it is expected that at least as many will be brought back to India.

The government is expected to operate such flights to Ukraine’s neighbouring countries to evacuate stranded Indians who are making their way to Hungary, Poland, and Romania in the wake of a Russian invasion.