Air India Evacuation Flight to Kyiv Returning to Delhi as Country Shuts Airspace

After Ukraine closed off its civilian airspace citing potential threats, an Air India flight, AI 1947, which had left for Kyiv from New Delhi to evacuate Indians is now returning back to the national capital. The flight had been suspended mid-air after the announcement of NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions) from the country, restricting its airspace amid ‘potential threats’.