Russia (Air India flight): An Air India flight going from Delhi to San Francisco, USA, had to make an emergency landing in Russia’s Magadan on Tuesday (June 6) due to a technical fault in the engine. After this, a new aircraft left from Mumbai on Thursday (June 8) morning to take passengers from Magadan to San Francisco.
In fact, the airline had already informed us that the plane would fly to San Francisco on June 8 with all the passengers and crew members stranded in Magadan.
An Air India aircraft developed a technical fault in its engine on Tuesday, forcing it to make an emergency landing in Russia’s Magadan. Along with this, there were 216 passengers and 16 crew members in the aircraft.
After the emergency landing in Russia’s Magadan, passengers were facing many problems ranging from language to food. In view of this, food and other essential items were also sent for the passengers and crew members stranded in Russia in the new aircraft that left from Mumbai.
According to the report NDTV, the passengers stranded in Russia’s Magadan had to face a lot of difficulties during this period. Everyone from children to old people was very worried about the language, food, and lifestyle.
#airindia i was on flight AI173 which took emergency landing in russia due to engine fault. People were distress but we have been given makeshift accommodation and timely Russian volunteers are givng food meds water and also doctors have been available. Hats off to India Gov pic.twitter.com/8cItxvTDFX
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Gagan, one of the passengers, said, ‘The situation in Magadan was challenging for us. Our bags were on the plane and we had to face a lot of problems to stay there. Some were sent to a school where they slept on a mattress on the floor. There was no toilet facility either. The language here of the food and drink is also quite different. There is seafood and non-veg in the food. Some people were only drinking bread and soup.