Operation Sankat Mochan (India)
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Background
There were around 600 Indians in South Sudan; around 450 in Juba and others elsewhere in the country.
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Operation
Two C-17 Globemasters of the Indian Air Force were deployed to evacuate. The first flight left Juba on 15 July (South Sudan Time) carrying 143 individuals including 10 women and 3 infants. After a stop at Entebbe, Uganda for technical reasons it resumed its flight to India, landing in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 16 July. The second flight returned with 154 passengers.
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