C T Online Desk: Air India is set to send a replacement plane to ferry stranded passengers from a US-bound flight after its plane made an emergency landing in Russia.
The Delhi-San Francisco flight had 216 passengers and 16 crew members on board when one of its engines developed a snag on Tuesday.
The plane was forced to land at Magadan airport in the Far East region of Russia.
The details of the snag have not been revealed yet.
On Wednesday, Air India said in a statement that it would operate a flight at 13:00 India time (07:30GMT) to ferry passengers and crew from Russia to San Francisco “subject to necessary regulatory clearances”.
“The ferry flight would be carrying food and other essentials for our passengers,” the statement said.
It added that due to “infrastructural limitations” around the airport, all passengers had been moved to a “makeshift accommodation”, after efforts were made to shift them to local hotels.
