The Air India flight from Delhi to San Francisco, which made an emergency landing in Russia's remote town of Magadan after it developed an engine glitch, on Thursday took off for its destination with all the 232 passengers that were on board, according to an official.
Air India Flight AI173 Departs For Destination San Francisco After Making Emergency Landing In Russia: Official
?Flight AI173 from Delhi was diverted to Magadan in Russia on Tuesday owing to an engine glitch, the Tata Group-owned private carrier said in a statement.?
Air India flight (representative image)
Air India flight (representative image)
?Flight AI173 from Delhi was diverted to Magadan in Russia on Tuesday owing to an engine glitch, the Tata Group-owned private carrier said in a statement.?
?The Boeing 777-200 LR aircraft, carrying 216 passengers and 16 crew, landed safely.
?Flight AI173 was diverted to Magadan on Tuesday due to an engine glitch in the Boeing 777-200 LR aircraft.
?On Thursday, a senior official of Air India said that Flight AI173D from Magadan, Russia (GDX) is now airborne for San Francisco (SFO), carrying all passengers and crew.
?The flight departed GDX at 1027 Hours on ?June 8 ?(local time) and is expected to arrive at SFO at 0015 Hours on ?June 8 ?2 (local time), he said.
Air India has mobilised additional on-ground support at SFO to carry out the clearance formalities for all passengers upon arrival.
The team at SFO is prepared to provide all necessary assistance to the passengers, including but not limited to medical care, ground transportation, and onward connections in applicable cases.
-
Previous Story
Uniform Civil Code 'Unacceptable', 'Discriminatory': All India Muslim Personal Law Board Rejects UCC -
Next Story
Air India Cabin Crew Member Attacked Inside London Hotel At Midnight
