Air India Flight Stranded In Russia Lands Safely At SFO

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — An Air India flight stranded since Tuesday in Russia landed early Thursday at San Francisco International Airport, according to airline officials.

The flight's 216 passengers and 16 crew members were stranded when their Air India flight was diverted from its intended destination of San Francisco after it experienced engine troubles on Tuesday and landed at the Magadan-Sokol airport in eastern Russia.

Flight AI173D touched down at 12:07 a.m. Thursday at SFO, according to a tweet from Air India, which included the following message: "All our passengers are being extended maximum on-ground assistance with clearance formalities and provided other necessary support. Air India thanks government agencies, regulatory authorities, our staff and partners involved in supporting our endeavor to bring our passengers to SFO as soon as possible and in providing them care while they waited in Magadan, Russia."

Social media posts showed passengers spent the night in makeshift accommodations at a local school. A replacement flight from Mumbai arrived on Wednesday to take the passengers and crew to SFO.

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