Diverted American Airlines flight expected to land in Delhi on Feb 26: Officials

American Airlines flight AA292, which was forced to divert to Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport, is expected to land in Delhi on Wednesday morning, after a delay of over 48 hours, Delhi airport officials confirmed. The officials said the flight is scheduled to depart Rome at 4:30pm IST. It usually takes around seven hours and forty minutes to reach Delhi from Rome, subject to weather conditions.

According to FlightRadar24, a live aircraft tracking website, a flight to Delhi is scheduled to depart from Rome at 12pm local time on Tuesday. On Sunday, American Airlines said in a statement that the flight AA292 was diverted to Rome due to a “possible security concern”. Meanwhile, the airline filed a complaint with Delhi’s IGI airport police on Monday.

The aircraft, a B787-9, was escorted by Italian Air Force fighter jets and safely landed in Rome. Passengers were then instructed to disembark. It was, however, found to be a hoax.