<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A student who was supposed to be on the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/india-plane-crash-air-india-flight-bound-for-london-crashes-in-ahmedabad/6806fd41-e9da-4bb5-949b-29388bec109d" rel="" target="_blank" title=" Air India flight that crashed, killing 240 passengers,"><span>Air India flight that crashed, killing 240 passengers,</span></a><span> missed her flight because she was stuck in traffic, she told the UK's BBC.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bhoomi Chauhan was headed for Ahmedabad airport to board her flight to Gatwick on Thursday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bumper-to-bumper traffic was so bad that she missed the Air India flight AI171 by 10 minutes.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/sole-survivor-air-india-plane-crash-vishwash-kumar-ramesh-speaks-of-his-survival/70d80693-dbc6-4736-b710-b8dd0862ca04"><strong><span>A miracle in seat 11A: Sole survivor of Air India crash speaks</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 28-year-old said she rocked up to the gate less than an hour before the plane was due to take off, but staff turned her away.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We got very angry with our driver and left the airport in frustration," she told the BBC. "I was very disappointed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We left the airport and stood at a place to drink tea and after a while, before leaving... we were talking to the travel agent about how to get a refund for the ticket.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/traffic-saved-me-student-missing-doomed-air-india-flight-by-10-minutes/97612175-f561-46d3-8f12-0d54e015398b" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There, I got a call that the plane had gone down."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/investigators-search-the-air-india-crash-site-for-evidence-and-more-victims/9eea3d7a-f7c6-426f-8555-e895f3622d5d" rel="" target="_blank" title="Black box recovered as investigations continue into Air India crash"><strong><span>Black box recovered as investigations continue into Air India crash</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Shortly after takeoff, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner plummeted into a doctor's hostel, killing all but one passenger and another 50 people on the ground.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Chauhan, a business admin student, was returning home to her husband in Bristol after visiting west India for a holiday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She arrived at the airport 10 minutes after boarding had started, and despite having checked in online, staff would not allow her onto the plane.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The student had driven over 200km from Ankleshwar to Ahmedabad for the flight, but she got held up by Ahmedabad city's traffic.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/air-india-plane-crash-everything-we-know-miraculous-survival-passenger-vishwash-kumar-ramesh/126debf7-2bd5-4ebc-9e50-a0c7f93bd270"><strong><span>Everything we know about the 'miraculous' survival of Air India passenger</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"When I missed the flight, I was dejected. Only thing that I had in mind was, 'If I had started a little early, I would have boarded the plane'," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I requested airline staff to allow me inside as I am only 10 minutes [late]. I told them that I am the last passenger and so please allow me to board the plane, but they did not allow me."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The student told BBC that missing her flight was "totally a miracle for me".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>British national, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, was the only survivor of the crash.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ramesh told Indian broadcaster Doordarshan that he escaped through a small space near the door by his seat. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said his hand was burned by the flames as he fled from the aircraft.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I don't know how I managed to escape," Ramesh said, adding that he saw other passengers die in front of him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"For some time, I thought I was also going to die. But when I opened my eyes, I realised I was alive and I tried to unbuckle myself from the seat and escape from where I could," he said.</span></div></div>