A rescue flight with more than 70 Irish citizens on board has taken off from Goa in India.
Other European citizens, as well as passengers from countries including Brazil and Canada, are also on board the flight.
The Irish citizens are set to return home via London.
Tánaiste Simon Coveney has welcomed the work between the Irish and British embassies to secure clearance for the flight, and thanked everyone impacted for their "patience and cooperation".
Great work by our team in @IrlEmbIndia to get rescue flight off the ground. 70+ Irish citizens on board. Working with our 🇬🇧 friends too to bring them home along with many other 🇪🇺 citizens. Thanks to everyone for patience and cooperation. @dfatirl https://t.co/t4r3fCMirF
— Simon Coveney (@simoncoveney) April 4, 2020
There are currently around a thousand Irish people stranded in more than 86 countries who are trying to get home amid the coronavirus pandemic.
A number of rescue and repatriation flights have been organised from different countries around the world.
On Monday, a flight carrying over 130 Irish citizens repatriated from Peru landed in Dublin Airport.
A British Airways flight from Lima landed at London's Heathrow Airport before a connecting flight to Dublin arrived several hours later.
Paul Gleeson - the Ambassador of Ireland to Chile, Peru and Ecuador - this morning said two more Irish citizens were on their way back to Europe.
He thanked Germany for their help, and said cooperation between the UK and EU has been a 'big part' of the repatriation effort to date.
