Air India's Boeing aircraft that was grounded in Magadan in far east Russia is now airborne after engineers rectified the oil system defect in one of the engines, and the plane is scheduled to land in Mumbai later today, according to the airline, reported the news PTI.

According to PTI, the incident occurred on June 6 when flight AI 173, carrying 216 passengers and 16 crew members, was en route from Delhi to San Francisco. Due to a mid-air glitch in one of the engines of the Boeing 777-200LR aircraft, the plane was diverted to the port city of Magadan in far east Russia.