An Air India plane flying from Delhi to San Francisco landed in Magadan the day before due to a malfunction of the right engine, there were 232 passengers and 11 crew members on board. Today, the regional government announced that they had to be accommodated in the school due to a lack of hotels.
“I think everyone will agree, think about it. When they landed, they felt the impact of the plane when it hit the pit — the first impression of Magadan. Second, they passed through our airport terminal. And thirdly, there are no hotels. They resettled, worked in emergency mode. No one expected the plane to make an emergency landing. They were settled in a school in the village of Sokol, but the children were settled in a hotel, ”said Governor Sergei Nosov.
A RIA Novosti source in the Magadan mayor's office noted that the passengers do not have Russian visas, so «they must be on board the aircraft, that is, on the territory of the state that owns the liner, but, understanding the circumstances in which the travelers found themselves, they were placed in the building schools where a temporary residence center was organized. “I would like to show passengers Magadan, but the city authorities do not have such permission,” the agency’s interlocutor added. According to him, next to them are the police and border guards.
One of the passengers on the flight, who was flying to the US with his uncle and brother, told the AP news agency that they cannot use bank cards to buy food because they do not work in Russia due to sanctions related to the invasion of Ukraine. US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said American citizens were likely on board, but did not specify how many.
Vesti-Magadan on July 7 showed the conditions in which the passengers of the flight live. The cook of the school canteen Svetlana Vasilyeva took part in the filming of the report. “It’s difficult, of course, but we manage. Meat is not eaten, sausages are also not allowed, although they were from chicken. It was hard. Moreover, we do not understand the language, we do not understand what they want. They really like rice and vegetarian borscht. Our tea was also appreciated,” the woman explained.
Magadan transport prosecutor Vitaly Druppov visited passengers and noted that » no complaints were received, the passengers felt good at the time of arrival at Magadan airport, everyone was provided with warm blankets, taking into account our weather conditions. <…> Now people are happy, everyone is fed, let's hope that they will take away a good impression of the city of Magadan.”
Yesterday Rosaviatsia issued Air India permission to land a reserve aircraft in Magadan. «The plane's departure from Delhi to Magadan is scheduled for 21:35 Moscow time on June 6, the planned landing time is 06:00 Moscow time on June 7,» the press service of the Federal Air Transport Agency said. At the same time, according to Vesti-Magadan, the board will be able to pick up passengers only tomorrow morning.