Air India to operate relief flight to bring back 228 passengers stranded in Ulaanbaatar

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Representational representation  of an Air India flight

Representational representation of an Air India flight | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj

Air India volition run a alleviation formation connected Tuesday (November 4, 2025) to bring backmost 228 passengers who are stranded successful Ulaanbaatar aft their San Francisco-Delhi formation was diverted to the Mongolian superior connected Monday owed to a method issue.

The alleviation formation volition instrumentality with the passengers connected Wednesday morning, the hose said.

There were 245 radical successful the plane, including 228 passengers and 17 unit members, a root said connected Monday.

"Air India volition beryllium operating a alleviation formation to ferry the passengers of formation AI174 (San Francisco–Delhi of November 2), which was diverted to Ulaanbaatar connected Monday. The ferry formation AI183 is scheduled to depart Delhi this day and instrumentality with the affected passengers connected Wednesday morning," the hose said successful a statement.

The alleviation formation volition beryllium operated with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

The connection besides said the hose on with section authorities and the Indian Embassy successful Mongolia, has been looking aft the passengers and crew, including providing them edifice accommodation.

On Monday, the Tata Group-owned bearer said, "AI174 operating from San Francisco to Delhi via Kolkata, made a precautionary landing astatine Ulaanbaatar aft the formation unit suspected a method contented en route."

The Boeing 777 aircraft, which operated the flight, had landed safely astatine Ulaanbaatar.

Published - November 04, 2025 02:58 p.m. IST

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