Image Source : FILE Air India aircraft (representational photo)
Air India has announced free vouchers for future travel to some of its passengers. Through this, he will be able to travel for free in the coming times. Along with this, the Air India management will also refund the full amount of the ticket to the passengers who were forced to face the trouble due to technical fault. Also, no charge will be taken to take them to their destination by another aircraft. This has made these passengers happy. But this facility is only for those passengers who were traveling on Air India flight from New Delhi to San Francisco on June 6 and due to technical fault the plane made an emergency landing in Magadan, Russia. After this, Air India sent these passengers to their destination by another aircraft.
Air India on Thursday said it will give a full refund to all passengers of its Delhi-San Francisco flight who were stuck in a remote area of Russia due to a technical glitch. In a statement, the airline said that Air India will give a full refund to all the passengers of this flight along with a voucher of their own for future travel. Air India flight AI 173 had taken off from Delhi on June 6, but had to land in Magadan, a remote area of Russia due to technical fault in the engine. There were 216 passengers and 16 crew members in this aircraft. Air India on Wednesday dispatched a relief flight from Mumbai to evacuate the stranded passengers from Magadan.
Journey completed in 56 hours
Passengers stranded midway due to a technical glitch were later brought to their destination by Air India, but it took them 56 hours to reach San Francisco from New Delhi. The plane reached San Francisco on Thursday carrying passengers and crew from Magadan. Apologizing to the passengers for the inconvenience caused, the airline said that the pilot had decided to land the aircraft at the nearest airport, giving priority to the safety of the passengers, after noticing some technical problem in one of the engines of the aircraft. (PTI)
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