Chennai: It was an emotional reunion that was waiting for 46 people from Tamil Nadu rescued from war-torn Yemen when they walked out of domestic arrival terminal at Chennai airport on Saturday. They arrived from Mumbai in batches on two flights and were part of the 334 people who were flown from Djibouti to Mumbai by two of the Indian Air Force's transport aircraft on Friday.
State government officials booked the returnees in two domestic flights that were among the first departing from Mumbai to Chennai. An official from the state protocol department who received the people said that of the 46 rescued from Yemen, 25 were from Chennai, 10 from different parts of Ramanathapuram district, eight from Madurai and three from Cuddalore. "They arrived on two flights, 30 people on a GoAir flight and 16 on an Indigo airlines aircraft," he said. 05/04/15 Times of India
State government officials booked the returnees in two domestic flights that were among the first departing from Mumbai to Chennai. An official from the state protocol department who received the people said that of the 46 rescued from Yemen, 25 were from Chennai, 10 from different parts of Ramanathapuram district, eight from Madurai and three from Cuddalore. "They arrived on two flights, 30 people on a GoAir flight and 16 on an Indigo airlines aircraft," he said. 05/04/15 Times of India
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