Air India will function a particular reduction flight on Tuesday to deliver again 228 passengers stranded in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, after their San Francisco–Delhi flight was diverted on Monday because of a suspected technical subject.

The airline mentioned the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, working as flight AI183, will depart from Delhi on Tuesday afternoon and return with the affected passengers on Wednesday morning.

Flight AI174, a Boeing 777 working from San Francisco to Delhi by way of Kolkata, made a precautionary touchdown within the Mongolian capital after pilots reported a potential technical subject mid-air. The plane, carrying 245 individuals — together with 228 passengers and 17 crew members — landed safely.

“Air India might be working a reduction flight to ferry the passengers of flight AI174 (San Francisco–Delhi of November 2), which was diverted to Ulaanbaatar on Monday. The ferry flight AI183 is scheduled to depart Delhi this afternoon and return with the affected passengers on Wednesday morning,” the airline mentioned in an announcement.

The provider added that it has been coordinating with native authorities and the Indian Embassy in Mongolia to help passengers and crew, offering resort lodging, meals, and common updates.

“At Air India, the security and wellbeing of our passengers and crew stay our high precedence,” an airline spokesperson mentioned.

The diverted Boeing 777 is at the moment present process technical checks in Ulaanbaatar and can return to India as soon as cleared by engineers.

This marks the third occasion lately of an Air India San Francisco–Delhi flight diverting mid-air because of technical causes. In 2023, an identical flight made an emergency touchdown in Magadan, Russia, and one other diversion occurred in 2024 to Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. In each circumstances, passengers have been later flown house on alternate plane.

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