Air India will operate a special relief flight on Tuesday to bring back 228 passengers stranded in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, after their San Francisco–Delhi flight was diverted on Monday due to a suspected technical issue.
The airline said the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, operating as flight AI183, will depart from Delhi on Tuesday afternoon and return with the affected passengers on Wednesday morning.
Flight AI174, a Boeing 777 operating from San Francisco to Delhi via Kolkata, made a precautionary landing in the Mongolian capital after pilots reported a possible technical issue mid-air. The aircraft, carrying 245 people — including 228 passengers and 17 crew members — landed safely.
“Air India will be operating a relief 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 said in a statement.
The carrier added that it has been coordinating with local authorities and the Indian Embassy in Mongolia to assist passengers and crew, providing hotel accommodation, meals, and regular updates.
“At Air India, the safety and wellbeing of our passengers and crew remain our top priority,” an airline spokesperson said.
The diverted Boeing 777 is currently undergoing technical checks in Ulaanbaatar and will return to India once cleared by engineers.
This marks the third instance in recent years of an Air India San Francisco–Delhi flight diverting mid-air due to technical reasons. In 2023, a similar flight made an emergency landing in Magadan, Russia, and another diversion occurred in 2024 to Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. In both cases, passengers were later flown home on alternate aircraft.

Published Date:2025-11-05