China flies back 61 Hubei tourists stranded in Bali, Indonesia

China Saturday flew home a number of 61 Hubei tourists who were stranded in Indonesia's Bali due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.

The flight MU799, operated by China Eastern Airlines, landed at Wuhan Tianhe international airport at 19:42 Saturday.

It's the airlines' third such mission to bring stranded nationals abroad, the other two were from Vietnam and Singapore.

It also marked the first time for Chinese airlines to bring back its nationals from Indonesia following the outbreak.