Flight unites families, friends

18 March,2011 08:24 AM IST |   |  Corrospondents

Seema Singh is greeted by a relative upon her arrival via a special Air India flight carrying Indians stranded in Japan on Thursday. According to an official, with the latest flight, the flag carrier has brought back around 1600 Indians from Japan since the island country was hit by a massive earthquake and a devastating tsunami last week that has also adversely affected the Fukushima nuclear power plant leading to radiation leak



1. Seema Singh is greeted by a relative upon her arrival via a special
Air India flight carrying Indians stranded in Japanu00a0 on Thursday. According
u00a0to an official, with the latest flight, the flag carrier has brought back around
1600 Indians from Japan since the island country was hit by a massive
earthquake and a devastating tsunami last week that has also adversely
affected the Fukushima nuclear power plant leading to radiation leak.



2. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) men in protective suits as
safety precaution against radiation during the arrival of Indian and
Japanese passengers



3. An Indian passenger is greeted by his family upon arrival.
Pic/Imtiyaz Khan
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