Air India's Kabul flight rescheduled, two aircraft on standby

Amidst the ongoing turmoil in Afghanistan the national carrier Air India flight has been rescheduled for Kabul from morning flight to afternoon while two aircraft with flight crews are on standby for evacuationAir India flight has been rescheduled for Kabul from 830 am to 1230 due to prevailing situation in Kabul an Air India official told ANIFlight operations from around the world are affected at Kabuls Hamid Karzai International HKI airport due to the ongoing turmoil in AfghanistanAir India has been asked by the Government of India to keep two aircraft on standby for the Kabul evacuationTwo aircraft with a proper set of the flight crew are on standby for Kabul evacuation The government is monitoring the situation very closely the government official told ANIAlso read Air India flight carrying 129 passengers from Kabul lands in DelhiSources also indicated that the road to the Kabul airport was blocked since night due to the ongoing violence in the cityThe passengers as well as the airline staff are facing severe and challenging conditions to reach the airport sources told ANICommunication with airline employees is also challenging with mobile networks not operational in many parts of the citiesAir India operates one flight per day to Kabul and the airline has advance booking for that The Ministry of External Affairs MEA Ministry of Civil Aviation MoCA and Air India are in touch and continuously monitoring the situation in AfghanistanEarlier Captain T Praveen Keerthi General Secretary of Air India Pilots Association ICPA had written a letter to Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia regarding the evacuation of Indians and others from Kabul AfghanistanWe would like to inform you that our pilots are ready to operate Evacuation Flights in the service of our country Our pilots are ready and willing to go above and beyond to evacuate our Indians Being a Patriotic and responsible union the ICPA would extend complete support and cooperation to evacuate the precious lives of the people of our country from Afghanistan You can count on us ICPA letter readUAEs Fly Dubai suspended its services to Kabul due to the conflict in the country and British Airways ordered all its pilots to avoid Afghanistans airspace due to precarious conditions in the countryTaliban terrorists are assuming control of the Afghan capital of Kabul and have taken control of the presidential palace after the countrys president Ashraf Ghani fled to TajikistanReports suggest that the movement will soon proclaim the reestablishment of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Sunday said that the Taliban have been asked to enter the capital city of KabulThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever