Five crew members including Prabhat Goyal, the captain of the Japanese cargo vessel Stolt Valor, reached home after spending almost two months as hostages in a Somalian port.

The crew members arrived from Muscat around 5am at Mumbai international airport and were greeted by their relatives.

The vessel, which had 18 Indians on board, was hijacked in September off the Somalia coast.

After their release the crew members have been returning in batches.

"I am just happy to be back. Words cannot express how I feel," one of the crew members said at the airport.

Seven other Indians are still captive on an Iranian ship.