Bhoomi Chauhan, a 32-year-old British-Indian on holiday in India, narrowly avoided the heart-stopping crash of Air India Flight AI171 when heavy Ahmedabad traffic delayed her arrival at the airport by a mere ten minutes. What felt like a fraught and frustrating wait transformed into a miraculous twist of fate when the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner tragically ploughed into a medical college hostel, claiming 133 lives on June 12. Shaken to her core, Bhoomi found herself trembling and speechless at the departure gate, overwhelmed by the realisation of just how close she came to boarding that doomed flight.
“My body is shivering… I can’t even speak,” Bhoomi confessed, her voice quivering as she struggled to process the horror that unfolded minutes after she slipped through security. While authorities continue their formal investigation into the crash, Bhoomi credits the benevolent grace of “Ganpati Bappa” for sparing her life, turning what she once saw as a mere delay into a powerful symbol of survival and serendipity.
Originally bound for London to reunite with her husband after a festive stay, Bhoomi left the airport shell-shocked, too distraught to seek immediate assistance. Haunted by the tragedy’s scale, she now views her missed flight as a defining moment of faith amid calamity—and a poignant reminder that sometimes, destiny intervenes in the smallest of margins.
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