370 stranded passengers in Trichy airlifted to Malaysia

TRICHY: Around 370 passengers, who had been stranded in Trichy following the cancellation of international flights from India in the wake of Covid-19 outbreak, were airlifted by two special rescue flights to Kuala Lumpur early on Wednesday. Earlier, as many as 186 stranded Malaysian passengers were flown to Kuala Lumpur on a special flight on Saturday.
A group of Malaysian tourists arrived at Tamil Nadu two weeks ago and had planned to return to Kuala Lumpur on March 18 via Trichy international airport. On arrival, they were told that all flights to Kuala Lumpur have been cancelled.
On information, an official from the Malaysian consulate in Chennai arrived at Trichy airport on March 18 and assured them to do the needful to send them back safely after arranging a special flight
Air Asia operated two rescue flights from Trichy to Kuala Lumpur to ferry the stranded Malaysian nationals on Tuesday night.