The military transport aircraft C-17 carrying Indian citizens from strife torn South Sudan landed at Thiruvananthapuram this morning.<br/><br/>The evacuation operation named as Sankat Mochan is being headed by Minister of State for External Affairs General (Retd.) VK Singh. In a tweet External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said that both the aircrafts will be reaching Delhi via Thiruvananthapuram.<br/><br/>MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup in a tweet said, the first aircraft has 143 Indian citizens including 10 women and 3 infants.<br/><br/>The Indian Ambassador in South Sudan, Srikumar Menon speaking to AIR told that the 2nd aircraft is carrying 9 Indian nationals and 2 Nepalese citizens.