Freed by Iraqi Militants, Indian Nurses Reach Home
The 46 Indian nurses, who were stranded and later captured by militants in war-torn Iraq, finally reached Mumbai this morning. The special aircraft took off from Erbil airport in the autonomous region of Kurdistan at 04:15 hours IST on Saturday and reached Mumbai airport just before 9 am.
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Freed by Iraqi Militants, Indian Nurses Reach HomeThe 46 Indian nurses, who were stranded in war-torn Iraq, finally reached their home in Kochi today. After a brief stoppage in Mumbai, the special Air India aircraft carrying these nurses reached Kochi where Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy received the nurses along with their families. -
Freed by Iraqi Militants, Indian Nurses Reach HomeBesides the 46 nurses, the plane also brought back 100 other Indians who were trapped in Iraq because of the crisis there. They were accompanied by some officials of the Ministry of External Affairs and the Kerala government. -
Freed by Iraqi Militants, Indian Nurses Reach HomeThe nurses had been living in a hospital in Tikrit, the birthplace of former president Saddam Hussein, which has seen fierce fighting this week as Iraqi troops battle to regain control of the city from the Sunni insurgent group ISIS or the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.
