Air India flight carrying Men in Blue with T20 World Cup trophy becomes 'most-tracked flight'

Air India's chartered flight especially assigned for the victorious Indian cricket team was one of the most followed flights on FlightRadar across the world and it has been on air for more than 15 hours which marked a moment in Indian cricket history.?

The special call sign this flight used is ‘AIC24WC’ which is a reminder of India’s impressive win in the T20 World Cup in 2024 (’24WC’ stands for T20 World Cup 2024). Their second ICC T20 World Cup title came about after defeating South Africa, ending a 13 years trophy less period in ICC.

FlightRadar shared the excitement on X (formerly Twitter), stating, “Our most tracked flight right now – T20 World Cup champions India on their way home.” Hurricane Beryl hit the Caribbean hard causing much destruction. Due to this, the flight carrying the Indian team departed Barbados on July 3, 2024, after their last match.

When the team got to New Delhi, they met Prime Minister Narendra Modi first. Then, they departed to have an open bus victory parade in Mumbai. At the Wankhede Stadium, the party will end with a big ceremony to praise the champions where fans will come to cheer them.

In another post on X, FlightRadar updated, “After being our most tracked flight for much of the last 15 hours, India’s World Cup champion cricket team is less than an hour from landing in Delhi.” Real-time data from the portal indicated that around 5,252 users were tracking the flight, which had garnered over 193k views and thousands of likes.?

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Comments were filled with heart and fire emojis, celebrating the 'Men in Blue.' One user remarked, “Champions Way back to home,” while another commented, “Flight AIC24WC – Air India Champions 24 World Cup.” A third user humorously added, “Hope your app doesn’t crash tonight.”

Early in the day, thousands of excited fans met at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport to greet the team. Viral videos captured captain Rohit Sharma showing the T20 World Cup trophy to the thrilled crowd at the airport.

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The T20 World Cup 2024 started on June 2, 2024, with a game between neighbors USA and Canada. The event ended with the exciting final game between India and South Africa at the Kensington Oval stadium in Barbados.

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