An Air India plane flying from Delhi to San Francisco was forced to divert and land at an airport in Russia’s Far East after it developed a technical issue with one of its engines, the airline said on Tuesday 6 June.<br /><br />Footage shared on social media by Economic Times journalist Tarum Shukla shows a number of passengers sleeping on the floor of a school in Magadan.<br /><br />Posting the video, he wrote that people onboard had not heard from Air India for 18 hours and that many were “getting anxious”.<br /><br />A statement from Air India published later said the 216 passengers and 16 crew members were being offered support on the ground and accommodated in local hotels for the night.<br /><br />The airline added that it planned to send a plane on Wednesday to pick them up and fly them to their original destination.
