New Delhi: The first aircraft carrying Australian nationals stranded in India arrived in Darwin, Australia on Saturday after a two-week travel ban imposed due to the corona-triggered health crisis in India ended. After the ban ended, the Australian government has resumed flights to repatriate its nationals stranded in India from Friday.

The Quantas aircraft arrived at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) airbase just before 9 am local time. 150 passengers were to be brought through it, but eventually only 80 civilians returned home. Abc News quoted Australian High Commissioner to India Barry O'Farrell as saying that many passengers have not been allowed to board the first flight on Friday as they have been found positive in the corona test.

The report said that 70 people were stopped from boarding the aircraft as 46 of them were found positive and 24 others came in close contact with the infected. Those who have returned home will be taken to the Howard Springs Centre. About 10,000 permanent residents of Australia want to return home from India. About 1,000 of them are considered at risk and have been preferred to board flights to and from home.

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