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 the report of NDTV, 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. The passengers said that during the incident, only passengers from UK, European Union and US were given assistance for accommodation and food, while no help was provided to Indians, Pakistanis and people from South-East Asian countries. Actually, the engine of Gulf Air flight suddenly malfunctioned on Sunday, after which the flight was diverted and an emergency landing was made at Kuwait airport. It took more than 24 hours to fix it. No information was given to Indian passengers
The passengers posted on social media and told about their problems. The stranded passengers wrote that they could not even leave the airport because they did not have a transit visa. The Indian Embassy said that due to the ongoing GCC Summit in Kuwait, the airport hotels were not vacant. Due to this, Indian passengers had to face trouble. On the other hand, people holding British and American passports had transit visas, so they were allowed to go out. Transit visa is a visa given for a short period of time. It allows one to stay in a country for 2 to 3 days. Officials of the Indian Embassy helped
The senior officer of the Indian Embassy in Kuwait later provided food to the passengers in the lounge. According to the Embassy, the flight took off at around 4:30 in the morning. During this time, Indian officials were present there. Also read these news related to the airline… Bomb threats in 7 flights: 6 took off from India, Delhi-Chicago plane diverted to Canada; Singapore sent fighter jets for Madurai flight. 7 flights received bomb threats on Tuesday. Air India’s Delhi to Chicago flight was also among the flights that received the threat. After this, it was diverted to Canada. The plane was landed at Iqaluit Airport in Canada. Here the passengers and the luggage in it were checked. According to Flight 24 Radar, the plane took off from Delhi at 3 am today and was to reach Chicago at 4:30 pm. Meanwhile, an IndiGo flight had to make an emergency landing in Jaipur after receiving threats. Meanwhile, after a threat was received on an Air India Express flight from Madurai to Singapore, the Singapore Air Force sent two F-15SG fighter jets for security. These planes took the flight to Changi Airport. Read the full news…
