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This is an archive article published on January 31, 2011

AI plane with 300 Indians from Egypt lands in Mumbai

Air India has decided to send its Mumbai-Jeddah flight further to Cairo to pick up more Indians.

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An Air India plane,carrying about 300 stranded passengers from strife-torn Egypt,landed at the CST Airport here this afternoon.

The Boeing 747-800 was flown to Cairo yesterday as a special measure to airlift the Indians stranded there amidst nationwide unrest against the Egyptian government.

Air India has also decided to send its Mumbai-Jeddah flight further to Cairo on Monday evening to pick up more Indians stuck in the Egyptian capital that has been rocked by violent protests for a week now,airport sources said.

According to current estimates,there are about 600 Indians,including tourists,who are to be transported back here.

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