Indian carriers airlifted over 35,000 people

Update: 2014-09-19 23:51 GMT
Indian carriers, including Air India, have so far airlifted over 35,000 stranded passengers and flown 114 tonnes of relief materials to the flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir. While Air India permanently stationed two aircraft and four helicopters being deployed by Pawan Hans Helicopters to fly out stranded people and patients free of cost from Srinagar and Leh, private airlines and non-scheduled and charter operators too mounted additional flights to evacuate affected people, an official release said. Till date 35,014 passengers have been lifted by airlines, it said.

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