Student Bhoomi Chauhan missed Air India crash by just minutes

Bhoomi Chauhan was running late and airline staff wouldn't let her board Air India flight 171.

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Ms Chauhan, a business administration student who lives in Bristol with her husband, had been visiting western India for a holiday.

The 28-year-old was due to fly home on AI171 on Thursday, which crashed shortly after take-off, killing 241 people on board and more on the ground.

But after arriving at the airport less than an hour before departure, airline staff turned her away.

"We got very angry with our driver and left the airport in frustration," she recalls. "I was very disappointed.