A new Air India plane is en route to Russia to pick up hundreds of stranded passengers heading to San Francisco, who allegedly have been sleeping on a converted basketball court.
Help is on the way for hundreds of people on an Air India flight forced to land in Russia while en route to SFO.Help is on the way for hundreds of people on an Air India flight forced to land in Russia while en route to SFO.
"The State Department warns it's not safe for Americans to go to Russia. So, I would be concerned if I was on that plane," Clint Henderson, who works for international travel website The Points Guy, said. A fact that will probably ensure that everyone on board, including any Americans, will be allowed to safely return home, says Steve Fish, a political scientist professor at U.C. Berkeley.
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