<p>A special Air India flight carrying 46 Indian nurses set free by Sunni militants ISIS in strife-torn Iraq and 137 others arrived in Mumbai today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The flight carrying 183 Indian nationals from Erbil landed in Mumbai at 8:43 AM.<br /><br />The flight has made a 'technical halt' in Mumbai for refuelling and catering supplies.<br /><br />The flight would leave for Kochi at 9:55 AM and reach the city at 11:55 AM, Air India officials said.<br /><br />The flight would then leave for Hyderabad at 12:55 PM and arrive in the city at 1425 hours. The flight's last destination would be Delhi where it would arrive at 1740 hours, the officials said.<br /><br />Besides the nurses, the plane is also carrying 137 other Indian nationals, including 70 from Kirkuk in the northern part of Iraq.<br /><br />An Air India spokesperson in Kochi said there are 183 passengers, including 23 crew members and three government officials, including a joint-secretary level IFS officer and an IAS woman officer from Kerala on board the flight.<br /><br />According to information provided by Air India from Erbil, forty-six nurses will get down at Kochi and around 100 other passengers are bound for Hyderabad.<br /><br />The ordeal of the nurses, who were working at a hospital in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, began when a swift ISIS (Islamic State for Iraq and Syria) offensive was launched on June 9.<br /><br />The nurses were moved out on Thursday against their will and detained in the militant-held city of Mosul, 250 km from Tikrit. The Erbil International airport is about 80 km from Mosul.</p>
<p>A special Air India flight carrying 46 Indian nurses set free by Sunni militants ISIS in strife-torn Iraq and 137 others arrived in Mumbai today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The flight carrying 183 Indian nationals from Erbil landed in Mumbai at 8:43 AM.<br /><br />The flight has made a 'technical halt' in Mumbai for refuelling and catering supplies.<br /><br />The flight would leave for Kochi at 9:55 AM and reach the city at 11:55 AM, Air India officials said.<br /><br />The flight would then leave for Hyderabad at 12:55 PM and arrive in the city at 1425 hours. The flight's last destination would be Delhi where it would arrive at 1740 hours, the officials said.<br /><br />Besides the nurses, the plane is also carrying 137 other Indian nationals, including 70 from Kirkuk in the northern part of Iraq.<br /><br />An Air India spokesperson in Kochi said there are 183 passengers, including 23 crew members and three government officials, including a joint-secretary level IFS officer and an IAS woman officer from Kerala on board the flight.<br /><br />According to information provided by Air India from Erbil, forty-six nurses will get down at Kochi and around 100 other passengers are bound for Hyderabad.<br /><br />The ordeal of the nurses, who were working at a hospital in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, began when a swift ISIS (Islamic State for Iraq and Syria) offensive was launched on June 9.<br /><br />The nurses were moved out on Thursday against their will and detained in the militant-held city of Mosul, 250 km from Tikrit. The Erbil International airport is about 80 km from Mosul.</p>