<span style="color: #222222;">Four special flights from the Gulf countries of United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar took off for India carrying more than 700 distressed Indians back to the country. There were two flights from UAE along with one flight from Dubai to Mangaluru and another from Abu Dhabi to Kochi. Dubai-Mangaluru flight had 177 people while Abu Dhabi-Kochi flight had 173 passengers and two infants on board.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">From Muscat, 177 people and five infants on board took off for Hyderabad. Later, the flight will also go to Mumbai wuth a few passengers. Doha sent back approximately 180 people to Kozhikode.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Priority was given to distressed blue collared workers, medical emergency cases, pregnant women, stranded tourists and elderly people to go back on these special flights.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Only those found asymptomatic were allowed to board the flight. In UAE, medical checks including the IGM and IGG rapid anti- body tests were conducted by the medical authorities here.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, from Dubai, a special flight to Srinagar is also being planned later in the week.</span><br />''