An Air India ferry flight carrying 216 passengers, who were stranded at Russia’s remote town of Magadan, arrived in San Francisco on Thursday, two days after the airline’s original aircraft from New Delhi made an emergency landing due to a technical fault in one of its engines.
The airline apologised for the inconvenience and assured full refund to its passengers. It also announced vouchers for all the affected passengers for future travel.
Air India’s ferry flight, AI173D, took off from Mumbai at around 3.30pm (IST) on Wednesday and landed at Sokol airport in Magadan at around midnight. It subsequently departed Magadan at 4.57am (IST) and reached San Francisco at 12.37pm (IST).
