Former SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya was among dozens of Indians who were stranded at the airport in Baku, Azerbaijan for over 19 hours after British Airways flight BA198 was diverted from its London destination, Times of India reported.
The flight, from Mumbai to London, was scheduled to leave at 1 pm on Monday, 11 December. It was first delayed to after 5 PM, following snow in London. Once the flight took off, it was diverted after an acrid smell, and smoke, was detected from the aircraft’s first class gallery.