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Unscheduled landing in Russia by an Air India aircraft headed for the US 19/7/2024, The crew of an Air India aircraft that was travelling from Delhi to San Francisco made an emergency landing in the Russian province of Siberia on Friday after spotting possible problems in the cargo hold. It was the second unscheduled landing in Russia by an Air India aircraft operating on the same route in just over a year. After the war in Ukraine, many airlines, including those from the United States and the European Union, avoided flying across Russian airspace; nevertheless, Air India employs that route, which gives it a flying time and cost advantage on flights to the United States. The airline stated in a statement on social media platform X that the Boeing 777, carrying 225 passengers and 19 flight crew, had safely landed at Krasnoyarsk International Airport and that it was arranging for a replacement flight to San Francisco. The aircraft was forced to land due to a smoke detector, the air...