Operation Sankat Mochan (India)

Operation Sankat Mochan (Hindi: संकट मोचन lit.

crisis redemption) was an operation of the Indian Air Force to evacuate Indian citizens and other foreign nationals from South Sudan during the South Sudanese Civil War.

[1] 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.

[1] This military article about the Indian Armed Forces is a stub.