Passengers flying to Paris spent 21 hours stranded in the remote nation of Turkmenistan

"Monday's Flight 191 was already running 21 hours late when it departed Bengaluru, India, shortly after 11 p.m., according to data from Flightradar24. It was supposed to land in Paris about 10 hours later. However, four hours into the journey, the Boeing 777 started descending. It made a U-turn to land in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, a sparsely populated nation in Central Asia."

"Ultimately, a new aircraft was dispatched to collect the passengers. Flight-tracking data shows another Air France Boeing 777 left Paris on Tuesday morning and arrived in Ashgabat after a five-hour flight. It spent about three hours on the ground before departing Turkmenistan shortly after 1 a.m. That's nearly 22 hours after the passengers first arrived there. The plane then landed in the French capital at 3:23 a.m. on Wednesday. Along with the departure delay, that's 43 hours later than passengers initially expected to get there."

Flight 191 departed Bengaluru about 21 hours late and was en route to Paris when the Boeing 777 began descending roughly four hours into the journey and made a U-turn to land in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The cause of the diversion has not been confirmed; an engine issue was reported as a possible factor. Passengers waited in Ashgabat for almost 22 hours before Air France dispatched a replacement Boeing 777 from Paris. The replacement arrived, spent about three hours on the ground, and departed shortly after 1 a.m., landing in Paris at 3:23 a.m. on Wednesday, about 43 hours later than originally scheduled.

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