Hyderabad, Air Indian Express flight from Bahrain with 175 evacuees landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here on Tuesday.

Air India Express IX 890 from Bahrain landed at 08.31 p.m., airport sources said.

This was the second flight to reach Hyderabad airport under the second of the Vande Bharat Mission, the biggest-ever evacuation exercise of India aimed to bring back Indian nationals stranded in various countries due to Covid-19 lockdown.

After completing all formalities, the passengers were transported to designated locations in the city for a mandatory 14-day quarantine as per the guidelines of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

To facilitate the arriving passengers from Bahrain, the Hyderabad International Airport kept the international arrivals and the entire stretch right from the aerobridge to the arrivals ramp fully sanitized and fumigated.

The airport also enforced social distancing among passengers right from the aerobridge to across the terminal.

All arriving passengers and aircraft crew were brought out from the aircraft in a batch of 20-25 persons each. Each passenger/crew was screened by the thermal cameras positioned at the aerobridge exit under supervision of the Airport Health officials (APHO) as per the directives of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare prior to immigration formalities.

After the health screening of passengers, CISF personnel in their protective gear escorted the group of passengers to immigration clearance.

Glass shields were provided at each manned immigration counter to avoid any personal contact between the passengers and Immigration officers. Each counter had specified social distancing norms in place.

Every baggage was sanitized by the disinfection tunnel integrated to the baggage belt as arranged by the airport.

The first flight under the second phase of Vande Bharat Mission had landed on Monday night with 166 evacuees from Oman.

The Hyderabad airport also handled nine arrival evacuations flights under the first phase of the mission facilitating the arrival of about 1,500 Indian citizens from various foreign destinations.