46 Indian nurses finally reach Kochi after 2 week nightmare

A special Air India flight with 183 people on board, including the 46 nurses from Kerala who were freed by insurgents in Iraq, arrived here Saturday noon, officials said.

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy reached the airport to receive the nurses, where a special immigration desk has been set up.

Sandra Sebastian, one of the nurses, told the media at Kochi airport that she was very scared when they were taken away by the insurgents.

"... very afraid... will not go back," she said in broken English.
The plane had earlier landed in Mumbai for refuelling and for taking aboard food for the passengers.

It will fly to Hyderabad and finally to New Delhi, Air India officials said.

Chandy earlier said that at one point of time, he had lost all hope as the plane did not get permission to land in Erbil because of strong winds.

He thanked External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for all her efforts to bring back the nurses to India.


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