Air India sends aircraft to fly home passengers stranded in Mongolia
New Delhi: Air India sent a Boeing 787 Dreamliner on Tuesday from Delhi to Ulaanbaatar to fly home the 245 people of a flight from San Francisco (SFO) that had to land in the Mongolian capital on Monday following a suspected snag.
The aircraft, AI 183, is expected to bring on Wednesday morning the 228 passengers and 17 crew members to IGIA, said an AI spokesperson. The diverted flight was on its way to Delhi via Kolkata. The alternate aircraft took off around 4pm, according to flight tracking sites.
