The mammoth Vande Bharat Mission began with two Air India Express flights reaching Kerala from UAE on Thursday with 363 people on board. The flights — Abu Dhabi-Kochi IX 452 with 177 passengers and four infants, and Dubai-Kozhikode IX 344 with 177 flyers and five infants —landed around 10.30pm. The flights had taken off with two pilots and four cabin crew members on board.
