Passengers travelling from Bahrain to Manchester were stranded for over 13 hours after their Gulf Air flight made an emergency landing in Kuwait, reportedly due to an engine fire.Some passengers alleged discrimination,

Several Indian passengers of a Manchester-bound Gulf Air flight were stranded at the Kuwait airport for nearly 20 hours and flown out of the city to their destination on Monday morning.

The passengers were travelling in a Gulf Air flight which was diverted to Kuwait, where they were left stranded for 13 hours. They were able to depart only after the Indian Embassy intervened

A Gulf Air flight carrying Indian passengers stranded in Kuwait for over 13 hours departed for Manchester on Monday. Stranded passengers accused the airline of neglect, alleging a lack of food and assistance.

The Gulf Air flight departed with the grounded passengers at 04:34 am (local time) on December 2 from Kuwait, according to a statement by India Embassy in Kuwait.

A Mumbai to Manchester Gulf Air flight, carrying about 60 Indian passengers, departed from Kuwait after being diverted due to a technical issue. The flight had been stranded since December 1, and many other passengers were able to leave the airport on visas-on-arrival.

The Indian embassy in Kuwait said on Sunday in a post on X that they immediately took up the matter with Gulf Air and also clarified the visa rule in Kuwait for Indians.

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