Bristol student missed boarding Air India flight due to traffic

Bhoomi Chauhan says she was 10 minutes late and asked airline staff to let her through but was turned away

A student who was booked on the Air India flight to London Gatwick that crashed on Thursday missed boarding the plane by 10 minutes due to traffic.

Bhoomi Chauhan, a Bristol-based business administration student, was on holiday in western India and had booked to travel home on flight AI171.