More than 200 passengers of a London-Mumbai Air India flight who were stranded at Baku in Azerbaijan after their aircraft was diverted yesterday night for "operational reasons" returned to Mumbai today in a special aircraft sent for them.
An aircraft sent by Air India to Baku reached Mumbai with the stranded passengers late in the evening, a source said.
There were more than 200 passengers in the Dreamliner aircraft which was diverted to Baku due to operational reasons on Sunday night while on its way from London.
"#AI130 LHR-BOM diverted to Baku due (to) operational reasons. All pax are taken care of," Air India had said in a tweet earlier in the day.
A source said that due to technical issues, it was decided to divert the flight, which had landed at Baku around 2345 hours (IST) on Sunday.
There were also some tweets suggesting that passengers had been stranded for long.
