Dr Jagvinder Singh Virk, Chairman, India Australia Strategic Alliance Melbourne : Rescue flight carrying 444 Australian passengers landed in Melbourne . Passengers erupted in loud cheers and applause as the charter flight carrying the first batch of Australians who were stuck in India ’s Corona Virus lockdown touched down in Melbourne . A group of 444 Australians, including 33 infants, who had been stuck in India arrived in Melbourne aboard a Lion Air chartered flight from New Delhi at 8 PM on Sunday. The rescue operation was spearheaded by Sydney based Dr Jagvinder Singh Virk, Chairman of India Australia Strategic Alliance. He along with Simon Quinn, an Australian expat living in New Delhi were streamlining the rescue process. Together they reached out to charter companies to organise an aircraft and to set up an online ticketing system for the passengers. "I am literally overwhelmed. The thanks messages from passengers are just unstoppable. It feels li...