Over 358 Indians evacuated from the strife-torn Yemen were brought home by two Indian Air Force (IAF) planes on Thursday morning.
While the first plane carrying 168 people, mostly nurses from Kerala, landed at Kochi airport, the second plane carrying 190 Indian nationals landed in Mumbai.
The two planes, C-17 Globemasters, brought them from Djibouti after being evacuated by Indian Naval ship Sumitra from Aden, the port city of Yemen.
Kerala Diaspora Minister KC Joseph, PWD Minister Ibrahim Kunjuand and their family members welcomed those who landed in Kochi airport.
Meanwhile, the nurses thanked the government and Indian Embassies for their efforts to evacuate them.
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"Some people are still there, the situation is not good there. The Government of India has helped a lot," said one of the rescued.
Kerala Road Transport Corporation has arranged special buses to drop the evacuated people to their home towns from the airport.
