Mumbai airport on alert as 112 Indians return from Ebola-hit Liberia

Mangalore Today News Network

Mumbai, Aug 26, 2014:  The Mumbai airport is on alert as 112 Indian nationals are returning from the Ebola-hit Liberia on Tuesday.

Elaborate precautionary arrangements have been put in place to screen the 112 stranded Indians, who are expected to arrive by various flights.

"As part of the tentative plan, the aircraft will be first taken to a remote bay and all passengers will be screened at the step-ladder exit after the arrival of flights at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA)," Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) said.

Besides, while the passengers without any symptoms will be cleared and shifted to terminal for immigration and customs clearance, those coming from Liberia with symptoms suggestive of EVD, will be directly shifted to designated hospital in ambulance from the bay, it said.

According to MIAL, Ethiopian Airline, Emirates, Etihad, Qatar, Jet and South African Airways are flying these passengers to Mumbai.

Some of these passengers will first arrive in Delhi and then come to Mumbai by domestic airlines flight, MIAL said.

Mial also said the baggage of the flights need to be kept separate by the concerned airline in their custody, adding disinfection of the flight will be carried out once all passengers would be deboarded.

Flights will be allowed to board next passengers only after thirty minutes of disinfection, it added.


Courtesy:Indiatoday