A special Air India flight with 183 people on board, including the 46 nurses from Kerala who were freed by insurgents in Iraq, arrived here Saturday noon, officials said.<br /><br />Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy reached the airport to receive the nurses, where a special immigration desk has been set up.<br /><br />Sandra Sebastian, one of the nurses, told the media at Kochi airport that she was very scared when they were taken away by the insurgents.<br /><br />"... very afraid... will not go back," she said in broken English.<br />The plane had earlier landed in Mumbai for refuelling and for taking aboard food for the passengers.<br /><br />It will fly to Hyderabad and finally to New Delhi, Air India officials said.<br /><br />Chandy earlier said that at one point of time, he had lost all hope as the plane did not get permission to land in Erbil because of strong winds.<br /><br />He thanked External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for all her efforts to bring back the nurses to India.<br /><br /><br />For More information on this news visit : http://www.newsx.com/<br />Connect with us on Social platform at : http://www.facebook.com/newsxonline<br />Subscribe to our YouTube Channel : http://www.youtube.com/newsxlive
