Coronavirus: Air India crew hailed for mission to rescue Indians, B-Town says 'hats off'

National carrier Air India sending its crew to rescue Indians stranded in coronavirus-hit Wuhan earned a thumbs up from Bollywood celebrities. Many of m took to social media and praised crew with words like ‘salute’ and ‘thumbs up’, while sending prayers and wishes for ir good health. Raveena Tandon, Resul Pookutty and Priya Gupta were among those who reacted. 

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Sharing pictures of crew, Resul Pookutty saluted m, calling m ‘wonderful’ and ir mission as ‘one of most difficult evacuation flight of ir life.’ Oscar-winning sound artist praised and sent his best wishes for ir ‘call way beyond ir duty.’ 

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Producer Priya Gupta said it was ‘very difficult job to do’ and said ‘hats off.’ Raveena Tandon prayed for m to be safe. 

Here are tweets 

Earlier, Harbhajan Singh too h wished crew very best for mission. 

Air India flight carrying 324 Indians, landed in Delhi from Wuhan on Saturday morning. Ar flight departed to Chinese city, that has become  centre of  coronavirus outbreak, on Saturday. 

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official Air India statement re, "Ar flight will depart to Wuhan from Delhi at 12.50 pm today with a different set of crew, same doctors' team with ar aircraft. rescue team is again heed by Capt Amitabh Singh, Director Operation, Air India." 

259 persons have succumbed to coronavirus in China, as per latest reports. Reports claim around 12,000 persons have been infected with virus in China. 

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