ERNAKULAM : Two Air India flights carrying 359 expats stranded over the covid-19 pandemic in the Gulf region touched down in Kerala's Cochin International Airport in Ernakulam district and Calicut International Airport in Malappuram district on Thursday night, beginning what is seen as the largest repatriation exercise India has ever undertaken and codenamed as 'Vande Bharat'.

The first flight from Abu Dhabi touched down at the Cochin airport at 10.08 pm, carrying 181 passengers including 49 pregnant women and four children.

The second flight from Dubai reached Karipur at around 10.30pm, carrying 182 passengers, including 19 pregnant women, five babies, 51 people with various illnesses and six people using wheelchairs.

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