An evacuation flight from India carrying nearly 450 Australians has departed for Melbourne SBSPunjabi
Thanks to a group of expats and aviation officials, 444 Australians including 33 infants, trapped in various states across India during a nationwide shutdown, are now homebound.
“It all began when I reached out to check if there were other Australians stranded in India and it just grew from there. People started created froups on WhatsApp, followed by Facebook where hundreds joined us,” he said. “The flight was initially supposed to leave on Friday , but eventually got postponed and left just a few minutes past midnight on April 12.
"Also, it has been organised privately by a group of individuals, so the government any way cannot endorse it," he added.Melbourne-based banking manager, Munish Chopra who was stuck in India along with his younger brother, also expressed his relief at the near-end of their “ordeal.”
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