23-hour ordeal: Many Indians stranded after Gulf Air flight’s emergency landing in Kuwait | India Ne…

NEW DELHI: Several Indian passengers have been left stranded at Kuwait Airport after a Gulf Air Bahrain-Manchester flight (GF5) of Dec 1 was diverted there due to a technical reason. Since Indians are not eligible for visa on arrival (VoA) in Kuwait, there are not able to leave the airport and the Indian embassy there is trying to assist them. What has added to the stranded Indians’ woes is that a meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Kuwait has meant that the airport hotel is not…