article_snippet.sent: Passengers carrying duffel bags and plastic sacks stuffed with clothes were seen boarding an Air India flight as they hastened to leave Yemen.
article_snippet.sent: Some of they sprinted to the plane.
article_snippet.sent: This was a flight that no one wanted to miss.
article_snippet.sent: Over the last few days, Air India has evacuated 2,500 people from Yemen, said Vijay Kumar Singh, the Indian deputy foreign minister overseeing the evacuation.
article_snippet.sent: The flights are going to Djibouti, a small African nation about 430 kilometers (265 miles) away.
article_snippet.sent: The Saudi air force gave Air India a four-hour window to go to and from Sanaa and a specific travel route for a safe landing.
article_snippet.sent: As the Air India plane approached Sanaa, the crew could see the scars of the fighting.
article_snippet.sent: Loading of the passengers was swift.
article_snippet.sent: They approached the planes carrying boarding passes -- a touch of normalcy in an otherwise abnormal event.
article_snippet.sent: They didn't pay for the flight, but They had to purchase exit visas from the Houthis.
article_snippet.sent: Children sat on Children parents' laps to maximize the number of people on the Air India plane.
article_snippet.sent: Some passengers fell asleep as soon as Some passengers took Some passengers seats before takeoff.