Over 50 Indians Stranded At Kuwait Airport For 13 Hours After Gulf Air Flight Diversion

New Delhi: Round 60 Indian passengers have been left stranded at Kuwait Worldwide Airport for over 13 hours on Sunday after their Gulf Air flight was diverted there resulting from a technical snag. The passengers, travelling on Gulf Air flight GF 005 from Mumbai to Manchester, complained of dealing with discomfort because the airline failed to offer meals, lodging, or fundamental help throughout their prolonged wait.

The state of affairs escalated as passengers voiced their grievances on social media, which finally prompted a response from the Indian Embassy in Kuwait. Arzoo Singh, one of many stranded passengers travelling from Mumbai to Manchester, shared her frustration with ANI, explaining the dire state of affairs. “After we raised the problem on social media, senior officers from the Indian Embassy in Kuwait reached out to the Indian passengers caught on the airport,” she stated.

Singh defined that, after discussions with airport authorities, senior residents and passengers travelling with infants can be accommodated at a facility contained in the airport. Nonetheless, she added, there was no clear details about how the remainder of the passengers can be handled.

Singh went on to clarify that they have been unable to go away the airport since they didn’t have a transit visa, whereas UK and US passport holders have been allowed to exit because of the availability of a transit visa on arrival. “Indian embassy officers are in talks with the airline to rearrange an alternate flight on the earliest,” she famous, including that the state of affairs remained unresolved for a lot of passengers.

The flight had been diverted to Kuwait after a technical concern, inflicting important delays and misery for the passengers on board. One other passenger, Shivansh, who was additionally on the flight, took to social media to specific his frustration. “Studying Why Bharat Issues whereas getting caught in Kuwait with none assist. All British passport holders bought their resorts sorted with on-arrival visas, whereas Indian passport holders have been left stranded with none data, meals, or any sort of assist. Please assist and supply us a visa in order that no less than we will get a resort and await the following flight,” he stated in a put up on X.

In response, the Indian Embassy in Kuwait shared on X, “Embassy has been knowledgeable by Gulf Air that the flight for stranded passengers from Kuwait to Manchester is tentatively scheduled at 3.30 am on 2 Dec. That is being conveyed to all passengers by the Embassy group on the airport.”