The university student narrowly missed her flight, which in retrospect proved tobe a blessing, arriving just a few minutes after boarding was supposed to start. Bhoomi Chauhan was among the 242 passengers booked on Air India Flight 171(Al171), which departed from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel InternationalAirport on June 12, en route to London Gatwick. The Boeing 787 Dreamlinertragically crashed just minutes after takeoff, claiming the lives of hundreds on theground and nearly all of the passengers aboard. At the time, Chauhan was frustrated, as she arrived at the airport less than an hourbefore the scheduled departure, only to find that...
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