A scheduled Delhi-Kabul Air India flight took off on time from the Capital’s Indira Gandhi National airport a touch after midday however the truth at the floor in Afghanistan modified dramatically earlier than it may start its landing.
The Two-hour twenty-minute flight needed to preserve withinside the air for almost an hour. The Taliban army, which has swept the war-torn country, reached the outskirts of Kabul and officers in Kabul’s air site visitors manipulate have been now no longer to be had to assist Air India Flight 243 land. At one point, the pilot needed to transfer off the plane’s radar to save you detection and the opportunity of being targeted.
The commercial, passenger flight sooner or later landed an hour later, amid anxious moments and drama withinside the excessive skies. The flight is likewise bringing returned diplomats and safety officers published on the Indian embassy in Kabul.
Indian consulates in Kandahar and Mazar-e-Sharif – of Afghanistan’s biggest cities – have been passed over to neighbourhood team of workers during the last 4 weeks and all Indians evacuated through unique flights.
Only days ago, the Ministry of External Affairs had stated it changed into now no longer remaining the embassy in Kabul however the pace with which the gun-toting Talibs conquered province after province and raced to Kabul, bowled over many, which includes the United States.
The United States dispatched helicopters to evacuate its team of workers from its challenge in Kabul and requested its team of workers to delete all touchy information.
AI 243, presently at Kabul airport, is ready to refuel and take off for Delhi.