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Ahmedabad plane crash: How being 10 minutes late saved the life of a Gujarat woman heading to London
Updated On: 13 June, 2025 05:02 PM IST | Ahmedabad | mid-day online correspondent
Bhoomi Chauhan from Gujarat narrowly escaped the deadly Air India crash by missing her flight due to traffic. The AI 171 flight crashed minutes after takeoff, killing 265 people. Chauhan, shaken by the tragedy, calls it a miracle and credits divine intervention
Remains of the Air India plane that crashed moments after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport .Pic/PTI
Stories like these will surely make you believe that everything happens for a reason. Bhoomi Chauhan, a woman from Gujarat’s Bharuch, who moved to London two years ago on a study visa, narrowly escaped the Ahmedabad plane crash tragedy, which will go down as one of the world’s worst air disasters. Chauhan is currently in India and has been thanking God and her stars since she learnt about the Ahmedabad plane crash tragedy.
Chauhan was supposed to board the same Air India flight to Gatwick London, which crashed on Thursday. But what saved her life was her delay in getting to the airport on time.
#WATCH | Bhoomi Chauhan, a resident of Gujarat's Bharuch, missed yesterday's flight, AI-171, which crashed and 241 of 242 on board, including crew members, lost their lives.
— ANI (@ANI) June 13, 2025
Bhoomi Chauhan says, "...We arrived at the check-in gate 10 minutes late, but they didn't allow me, and I… pic.twitter.com/T1AqU9SSz0
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