{"id":78311,"date":"2024-12-19T21:08:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T15:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=78311"},"modified":"2024-12-19T21:08:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T15:38:58","slug":"air-india-delhi-san-francisco-diverted-to-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/air-india-delhi-san-francisco-diverted-to-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"Air India Delhi to San Francisco Flight diverted to Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SAN FRANCISCO- <\/strong>Tata Group-owned <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/tag\/air-india\/\">Air India (AI) <\/a>flight from Delhi International Airport (DEL) to San Francisco Int&#8217;l Airport (SFO) diverted to Los Angeles (LAX) on December 18, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Air India flight AI173 operates daily flights between Delhi Airport and San Francisco Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Air-India-B777-200LRd-scaled-e1734622144729-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"Air India (AI) flight from Delhi International Airport (DEL) to San Francisco Int'l Airport (SFO) diverted to Los Angeles (LAX) on December 18, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-50172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Air-India-B777-200LRd-scaled-e1734622144729-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Air-India-B777-200LRd-scaled-e1734622144729-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Air-India-B777-200LRd-scaled-e1734622144729-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Air-India-B777-200LRd-scaled-e1734622144729-1600x901.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Air-India-B777-200LRd-scaled-e1734622144729-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Air-India-B777-200LRd-scaled-e1734622144729-2048x1154.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Air-India-B777-200LRd-scaled-e1734622144729-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Air-India-B777-200LRd-scaled-e1734622144729-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Air-India-B777-200LRd-scaled-e1734622144729-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Air-India-B777-200LRd-scaled-e1734622144729-1200x676.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: Air India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-air-india-san-francisco-flight\">Air India San Francisco Flight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Flight Radar 24 data, <strong>AI173 <\/strong>departed from Delhi (DEL) with a delay of 2 hours and 45 minutes at 06:45 am IST instead of its scheduled departure time of 04:00 am IST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, as the plane neared <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?s=San+Francicso\">San Francisco (SFO)<\/a>, the pilots didn\u2019t descend the aircraft. Rather, the plane continued flying at the cruising altitude of 39,000ft. This indicates that the pilots had already decided to divert the flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1-1024x571.png\" alt=\"Air India Delhi to San Francisco Flight diverted to Los Angeles\" class=\"wp-image-78321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1-50x28.png 50w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1-450x251.png 450w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1-1200x669.png 1200w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1.png 1435w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: FlightRadar24<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The plane flew for another 1 hour and 11 minutes from San Francisco and landed in Los Angeles (LAX) on runway 26 Left at 16:51 local time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flight was operated by a 15.6-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?s=777\">Boeing 777-200LR <\/a>registered as VT-AEI, which was delivered to Air India (AI) in May 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exact reason for this diversion is unknown. However, it is anticipated that the bad weather in San Francisco could have forced the flight to divert to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just in at LAX! Air India flight AI173 from Delhi to San Francisco has diverted to Los Angeles, as seen on the Airline Videos Live 24\/7 broadcast. Watch the action live \u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GqCE0KJxlI\">https:\/\/t.co\/GqCE0KJxlI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3RQRrDPMcH\">pic.twitter.com\/3RQRrDPMcH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; AIRLINE VIDEOS (@airlinevideos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/airlinevideos\/status\/1869423391880740873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After being on the ground for about 3 hours and 30 minutes in Los Angeles, the aircraft departed from LAX from runway 24 Left at 20:24 local time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aircraft flew for about 1 hour and 11 minutes from Los Angeles and landed in San Francisco (SFO) on runway 28 Right at 22:06 local time on the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are awaiting more information regarding this diversion. We will update the post once we have a new update. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-46-1024x617.png\" alt=\"Air India Airbus A350\" class=\"wp-image-61553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-46-1024x617.png 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-46-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-46-768x463.png 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-46-1600x964.png 1600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-46-1536x925.png 1536w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-46-150x90.png 150w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-46-750x452.png 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-46-1140x687.png 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-46.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cliper31\" rel=\"nofollow\">Eurospot<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-los-angeles-flight-on-horizon\">Los Angeles Flight on Horizon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, Air India is planning to launch new US destinations such as <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?s=Dallas\">Dallas (DFW) <\/a>and Los Angeles as it takes delivery of Airbus A350s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s been almost a decade since Air India launched a new destination in the United States of America (USA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline may operate flights to LAX from its major international hub in Delhi using a mix of Boeing 777 and Airbus A350s. DEL-LAX is\u00a0<strong>12,896 km<\/strong>\u00a0and will take more than 15 hours to complete the journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, the Gurugram-based carrier serves five cities in the US, which includes Chicago (ORD), Newark (EWR), New York (JFK), San Francisco (SFO), and Washington (IAD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned with us. Further, follow us on social media for the latest updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/aviationa2z\" rel=\"nofollow\">Telegram Group\u00a0<\/a>for the Latest Aviation Updates. 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