Air India flight AI173 that made emergency landing in Russia departs for San Francisco
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Mumbai: The 232 passengers on board the Air India flight from Delhi to San Francisco, which had to make an emergency landing in the remote Russian town of Magadan due to an engine malfunction, boarded the aircraft on Thursday and departed for its destination.
The Tata Group-owned private airline said in a statement that flight AI173 from Delhi was diverted to Magadan in Russia on Tuesday due to an engine problem, PTI reported.
The Boeing 777-200 LR aircraft, carrying 216 passengers and 16 crew, landed safely.
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 (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.
