Warrier, Ali Hussain and few others based in Kuwait helped immensely in the evacuation efforts of fellow Indians.

[5] The invasion of Kuwait started on August 2, 1990, and within two days of combat, most of the Kuwaiti Armed Forces were either overrun by the Iraqi Republican Guard or fell back to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

Complications arose due to the significantly higher number of nationals requiring evacuation, a lack of travel documents and poor communications.

About 170,000 people were evacuated (airlifted) from Amman, Jordan, to Bombay – a distance of 4,117 km (2558 mi) – by Air India, operating 488 flights in association with Indian Airlines, from August 18, 1990 to October 20, 1990 – lasting 63 days.

The event was the basis for the 2016 film Airlift starring Akshay Kumar, who played a character inspired by the works of Mathunny Mathews and Harbajan Singh Vedi.