Black smoke billows over the skyline as a fire at the oil depot for the airport rages out of control after being struck in the crossfire of warring militias battling for control of the airfield, in Tripoli, Libya on July 28, 2014.
Air India Wednesday deployed a special aircraft to Tunisia to airlift Indians stranded in neighbouring Libya, an official said in Mumbai.
The flight AI-161, a Boeing 777LR with a capacity of 238, left for Djerba in Tunisia to evacuate the Indians stuck in Libya.
It is expected to return to New Delhi from Djerba around 1 a.m. Thursday.
This is the second rescue operation carried out by the national carrier in one month.
Last month, it had operated a special flight to evacuate Indian nurses and others in Iraq and safely brought them back home.