Passengers flying to Paris spent 21 hours stranded in the remote nation of Turkmenistan before a spare plane came to rescue them

A monument of Turkmenistan's former president, in Ashgabat.

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• An Air France flight from India to Paris diverted to Turkmenistan.
• It was already running almost a whole day late before it departed.
• After 21 hours in Ashgabat, a spare plane took the passengers on to France.

Air France passengers were delayed by nearly two days after they were diverted to Turkmenistan.

Monday's Flight 191 was already running 21 hours late when it departed Bengaluru...