MICHAEL SALDANHA ALSO OPERATED FLIGHT WITH REPATRIATED CITIZENS FROM DUBAI DURING COVID PANDEMIC
Captain Michael Saldahna
Mangaluru: One of the pilots flying planes in ‘Operation Ganga’ with rescued Indians from war-torn Ukraine is a man from Mangaluru. Captain Michael Saldahna who flew two flights to Mumbai with evacuated Indian citizens is a resident of Valencia in Mangaluru.
According to the reports, Michael commanded two flights with evacuated flights that landed in Mumbai, one from Bucharest in Romania and the other from Budapest in Hungary with 182 and 185 passengers onboard respectively.
Reports further added that the flight carried Indian passengers who had crossed the border and entered Bucharest and Budapest.
Michael, who hails from Mangaluru has over 13 years of flying experience and had also operated during the repatriation flights of Indian citizens from Dubai when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world.
