Air India ferried 228 passengers and 17 crew members who were stranded in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar to Delhi Wednesday morning.

The passengers were stranded in the Mongolian capital after their San Francisco-Delhi flight was diverted to the Mongolian capital Monday due to a technical issue.

An official said Air India’s relief flight carrying the passengers from Ulaanbaatar landed in the national capital at around 8:24 am Wednesday.

The relief flight AI183, operated with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, had taken off for Ulaanbaatar Tuesday afternoon.

There were 245 people, including 228 passengers and 17 crew members, in the Boeing 777 plane that was diverted to Ulaanbaatar, a source said Monday.

“The relief flight carrying passengers and crew of AI174 who were stranded in Ulaanbaatar

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