Youngest Indian evacuee from strife-torn Yemen: 3-day-old baby

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, April 10, 2015: Over 4,500 Indians have been rescued from strife-torn Yemen in a week. The youngest one, however, came on the final day.

The picture of this passenger, "a 3-day-old baby in incubator along with an accompanying doctor on Air India flight to Kochi", was tweeted by Syed Akbaruddin, official spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs.

India on Thursday wrapped up its air evacuation operations from Yemen rescuing another 630 of its citizens from Sanaa, taking the total number of Indians brought home from the war-ravaged country to over 4,640 besides around 960 nationals from 41 countries.

Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh, who was in Djibouti to oversee the massive evacuation operation, said the plane from Sanaa on Thursday carrying the evacuees had to alter route because of bombing.

"We were refused permission initially, then bombing necessitated plane to be on hold and we had to alter route," he tweeted.

The External Affairs Ministry said a total of over 5,600 people were evacuated under the rescue operation. It said with the airlifting of over 630 persons from Sanaa on Thursday by three special Air India flights, India has concluded its air evacuation operations that had started on April 3.

Courtesy: Indiatoday