Air India aircraft: ABP Live reports that an Air India aircraft that had to land in Russia for technical reasons finally departed for San Francisco on Thursday 8 June (IST).However, this was a replacement flight and involved another aircraft.According to the news reports, Flight AI 173 D from Delhi to San Francisco made an emergency landing in Magdan, Russia because of engine-related issues on June 7,2023.
Where is Magdan
The city of Magdan is located near the Sea of Okhotsk in northeast Russia. The Sokol airport facilitates all air travel to and from the city which is deep in Siberia.
It takes 7 hours for a flight from Moscow to reach Magdan. An industrial town, Magdan is home to the Kolyma goldfields. There are some light engineering shops in this remote Russian city.
The crew and passengers of the stranded AI 173 D had no knowledge of this city. Furthermore, Air India doesn’t have any ground staff in Magdan or any other Russian city. Thus, it was taxing for the staff and the crew of this flight to spend time in this city. They also did not know when they would resume the flight to San Francisco.It is noteworthy that there are two flights from Delhi to Magdan daily. The flight duration is more than 23 hours.
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US was monitoring AI 173D
The United States was monitoring this stranded flight, news reports said. A State Department official said that it is possible this flight carried some American citizens because it was headed for San Francisco.The US and Russia are engaged in a cold war currently over the Ukraine conflict.
Meanwhile, Air India has mobilized additional ground support for the replacement flight when it lands in San Francisco.
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