The flight took a U-turn 20 minutes before landing in Kuwait.
60 Indian passengers were stranded at Kuwait airport for more than 24 hours on Sunday. All of them were going from Mumbai to Manchester, England. According to NDTV report, these passengers have accused Gulf Air of keeping them without food, water and accommodation for such a long time.
Indian passengers also accused Gulf Air of bias during the incident. Passengers said that during the incident, only passengers from the UK, European Union and the US were provided accommodation and food, while people from India, Pakistan and South-East Asian countries were not provided any assistance.
Actually, there was a sudden malfunction in the engine of Gulf Air flight on Sunday, after which the flight was diverted and made an emergency landing at Kuwait Airport. It took more than 24 hours to recover.
After getting information about the incident, Indian Embassy officials met the passengers.
No information given to Indian passengers
Passengers shared their problems by posting on social media. The stranded passengers wrote that they could not even leave the airport because they did not have transit visas.
The Indian Embassy said that the hotels at the airport were not vacant due to the ongoing GCC Summit in Kuwait. Because of this, Indian passengers had to face problems.
At the same time, people holding British and American passports had transit visas so they were allowed to go out.
Transit visa is a short term visa. In this, permission is given to stay in a country for 2 to 3 days.
The flight took off back to Manchester at around 4.30 am
Indian Embassy officials helped
A senior official of the Indian Embassy in Kuwait later provided food to the passengers at the lodge. According to the Embassy, ​​the flight took off at around 4:30 in the morning. During this period, Indian officials were present there.
Bomb threat in 7 flights: 6 took off from India, Delhi-Chicago plane diverted to Canada; Singapore sent fighter jets for Madurai flight
Bomb threats were received on 7 flights on Tuesday. Air India's flight from Delhi to Chicago was also included in the flights that were threatened. After this he was diverted to Canada. The plane landed at Iqaluit Airport in Canada. Here the passengers and their luggage were checked.
According to Flight 24 radar, the plane took off from Delhi at 3 am today and was scheduled to reach Chicago at 4:30 pm. At the same time, an Indigo flight had to make an emergency landing in Jaipur after receiving a threat.
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