Watch: Passengers cheer as special flight brings back 240 Indians from Ukraine

An Air India plane carrying around 240 Indians from Ukraine landed at the Delhi airport around midnight on Tuesday.

Amid rising tensions between Ukraine and Russia, Air India operated a Boeing 787 aircraft to bring back Indians from the eastern European country.

A video from inside the flight shared by news agency ANI showed passengers cheering as they headed home.

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According to a civil aviation ministry official, some other Indian operators are also expected to operate flights to Ukraine depending on the demand.

Air India, on February 19, announced that it would operate three flights between India and Ukraine on February 22, 24 and 26.

On Tuesday, Indian embassy in Kyiv again asked Indian students to temporarily leave the country amid the rising tensions with Russia.