While delegates from abroad and corporates enjoy the warmth of Gujarati hospitality during the twin events of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas and Vibrant Gujarat summit, 30 passengers from the state, including some students, are stranded at Heathrow airport in London since January 10, thanks to Air India's habitual delay. Travelling by Air India flight AI 131, these people are at Heathrow as they missed their connecting flight to Canada. Their parents and relatives have been trying to talk to the airline officials in Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi and London but there is no response from them.
Making conditions worse for the students is that some of them were supposed to report to their college by Monday, failing which they ran the risk of getting their admission cancelled. Keval Chadbar (20), one such student from Ahmedabad, left the city on January 9 morning for Mumbai en route to Canada in Air India flight 131. The flight which was scheduled at 4 am left half-an-hour late and reached Mumbai late. It touched down at Heathrow at 3.30 am, local time, against the scheduled time of 12. "Due to this we missed the connecting Air Canada flight which was scheduled to take off at 3 am.
13/01/15 Hemington James/Ahmedabad Mirror
Making conditions worse for the students is that some of them were supposed to report to their college by Monday, failing which they ran the risk of getting their admission cancelled. Keval Chadbar (20), one such student from Ahmedabad, left the city on January 9 morning for Mumbai en route to Canada in Air India flight 131. The flight which was scheduled at 4 am left half-an-hour late and reached Mumbai late. It touched down at Heathrow at 3.30 am, local time, against the scheduled time of 12. "Due to this we missed the connecting Air Canada flight which was scheduled to take off at 3 am.
13/01/15 Hemington James/Ahmedabad Mirror
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