>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7news. ama: our stranded in russia. a flight that was supposed to touch down in san francisco never made it. it's now an urgent race to get their airline is hoping to get them back on their way by tomorrow but it's doubtful. ama: tim johns is tracking this as tonight's abc 7 advancer at 11:00. this is a story that has a lot left to come. reporter: that's right. air india officials have said the plane was diverted due to an engine issue. i heard from a lot of families of california passengers who are

this is abc7news. ama: our stranded in russia. a flight that was supposed to touch down in san francisco never made it. it's now an urgent race to get their airline is hoping to get them back on their way by tomorrow but it's doubtful. ama: tim johns is tracking this as tonight's abc 7 advancer at 11:00. this is a story that has a lot left to come. reporter: that's right. air india officials have said the plane was diverted due to an engine issue. i heard from a lot of families of california passengers who are worried given the current hostile relations between the u.s. and russia. tense moments in russia on tuesday. a flight which was scheduled to fly to sfo had to make an emergency landing in siberia after experiencing engine problems. >> diversions are rare to begin