New Delhi:  Day before Indian airspace deploys complete lock-down on all international landings amid the ongoing crisis due to coronavirus, 100 Indian nationals, returning from the US, have urged the government to rescue them.

They have been stranded at Amsterdam airport in The Netherkabds after their flight was turned back mid-air two hours away from Delhi airport, said the wife of a passenger stranded.

Tina Sapra, wife of Sanjay Sapra, has written to Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri pleading to help her husband and other stranded at the Amsterdam airport.

Speaking to IANS Tina said: "My husband is among 100 others passengers in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where they have been stranded. They were turned back mid-air when the flight was just two hours away from the Delhi airport.

"All these passengers, which include pregnant women and senior citizens, are Indian passport holders." She urged the Indian government to arrange a special flight to bring home all passengers.