Photos: 219 Indian students from Ukraine arrive at Mumbai airport

A large number of relatives of homebound passengers were present at the arrival concourse of the Mumbai airport to receive their near and dear ones. -Photos: Uma Kadam (TOI)

Almost all the passengers were students in their late teens and early twenties pursuing medicine in Chernivtsi, western Ukraine.

I hope the remaining students are brought back as soon as possible, a student who returned from Ukraine said.

Flight AI-1944, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner with 219 evacuees on board and the first flight under ‘Operation Ganga’ touched down in Mumbai at 7.50pm.

Air India flight attendant said that students were filled with joy once we landed here in Mumbai.

The students expressed their gratitude to the Government of India for bringing them back safely.