US-bound Air India 777 forced to divert into Russia

An Air India flight from Delhi to San Francisco was forced to divert into Magadan Airport (GDX) in Russia on June 6. Flight AI173 – operated by Boeing 777-200LR VT-ALH (c/n 36307) – developed a “technical issue en route with one of its engines”. The service with 216 passengers and 16 crew landed at the remote airport in the Far East of the country at 8.40am UTC after around ten hours in the air. In a statement, the Tata Group-owned