An IAF C-130J flight carrying the 8th batch of Indian evacuees on Thursday took off for Jeddah from Wadi Seidna Air Base in violence-racked Sudan.
“An IAF C-130J flight takes off from the Wadi Seidna Air Base under #OperationKaveri. This is the 8th batch of evacuees with 121 passengers enroute to Jeddah.” Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted.
Earlier, on Thursday, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan received rescued Indians from Port Sudan at Jeddah under ‘Operation Kaveri’.
A total of 135 passengers were onboard the IAF C-130J aircraft that landed in Jeddah from Port Sudan.
“Delighted to receive 7th batch of stranded Indians at Jeddah from Port Sudan, 135 passengers onboard IAF C-130J aircraft,” MoS Muraleedharan tweeted.
