“The US-Bangla special flight with the sailors will leave Dhaka at 9am and reach Delhi at around 12:30pm,” said a press release from US-Bangla.
The sailors, currently in Chattogram port city, will come to Dhaka by this time, the release said adding that the Indian sailors are under the supervision of Mumbai-based Sea Dogs Marine Services Private Ltd.
Also Read - 482 more Bangladeshi citizens return home from India
US-Bangla will be taking the sailors in coordination with Indian High Commission in Dhaka, Bangladesh Ministry of foreign Affairs, Indian Foreign Ministry, and Civil Aviation Authorities of both countries.
US-Bangla special flights brought back 3,000 stranded Bangladeshis from Indian’s Chennai, Thailand’s Bangkok as well as took back 28 Taiwan citizens home from Bangladesh, said the press release.