First two flights from Dubai delayed, likely to bring 200 each

Sources said the twin flights got delayed for some reason, which is not known. Also, there was a delay when the flights took off for Dubai. As per the revised schedule, one of the flights departed from Chennai airport around 3.15 pm and was expected to return around 12.30 am and the second flight which departed at 4.30 pm to Dubai is expected to arrive in Chennai on wee hours of Saturday. Sources said there will be around 200 passengers on each flight and most of them are from Tamil Nadu.

Sources said once the flight landed in the airport here, all the passengers will be made to stand in the arrival hall by maintaining social distance and the team of doctors will check every passenger. If anyone shows symptoms of COVID- 19, they will be taken to the RGGGH immediately. After completing the procedures they will be taken to the rooms arranged for quarantine on the special vehicles.

Meanwhile, a special flight to Mumbai from Chennai was delayed for more than eight hours since the 117 ONGC workers who were about to board the flight did not receive the medical certificate. The AI flight was scheduled to depart for Mumbai at 7 am on Friday. Though the workers arrived at the airport in the morning, the AI staff didn’t issue boarding passes for want of medical certificates. After the certificates came for 110 workers, the flight departed for Mumbai at 3.20 pm. The seven workers who did not get the medical clearance were sent back.