Air India: Flight bound for San Francisco will carry passengers who are stuck in Russia

8 Jun 2023 , 10:30 AM

On Thursday, Air India announced that its replacement flight, including all passengers and crew, had departed from Russia’s Magadan Airport for San Francisco.

According to a tweet from the airline, the flight is scheduled to land in San Francisco at 12:15 a.m. PDT (07:15 GMT) on Thursday.

The tweet also stated that Air India has enlisted more assistance at the airport of San Francisco to handle passenger screening procedures.

On Wednesday, Air India deployed a plane to Russia to pick up travellers whose trip from Delhi to San Francisco was diverted to Russia’s Far East after their Boeing 777 experienced engine issues.

Given the lack of infrastructure at the outlying Magadan airport, the airline announced in a previous statement that the more than 216 passengers and 16 staff members on board the stranded plane were housed in temporary housing.

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