A ferry flight is scheduled to operate to GDX (Magadan) from Mumbai, at 1300 hours IST on June 7, subject to necessary regulatory clearances, which would take passengers and crew of AI173 onward to San Francisco, the airline said in the statement on Wednesday.
The flight, operating from Delhi to San Francisco as AI173, was forced to divert to Russia due to a technical glitch in one of its engines. The safety of the 216 passengers and 16 crew members was ensured as the aircraft successfully landed at Magadan Airport in Russia.
Air India ferry flight finally took off from here for Magadan in far east Russia at around 1520 hours on Wednesday to fly its 216 San Francisco-bound passengers stranded in the port city since Tuesday.
Air India will operate a ferry flight from Mumbai at 1300 hrs on Wednesday to Russia to fly the passengers bound for San Francisco, who are currently stranded,.
'We can confirm that all passengers were eventually moved to a makeshift accommodation, after making sincere attempts to accommodate passengers in hotels locally with the help of local government authorities'