28-year-old student says she missed Air India flight that crashed due to traffic: "This is totally a miracle for me"

A 28-year-old student who was visiting western India says she missed her Air India flight back to London due to bumper-to-bumper traffic. That flight was AI171, which crashed shortly after takeoff.

Bhoomi Chauhan reportedly said airline staff didn't let her complete her check-in at Ahmedabad airport even though she had checked in online. She said she arrived at the airport less than an hour before departure — and 10 minutes after boarding was scheduled to start — after being stuck in Ahmedabad's city center traffic.

The business administration student who lives in Bristol, England, remembered being frustrated and disappointed.