A student has described the “miracle” of missing the Air India flight that crashed, killing 241 people on board.

Bhoomi Chauhan, 28, said she was angry and frustrated after a traffic jam on the way to the airport meant she missed boarding the flight by just ten minutes.

Ms Chauhan, a business administration student who lives in Bristol, said she was turned away by airport staff.

She told the BBC: “We got very angry with our driver and left the airport in frustration. I was very disappointed. 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. There, I got a call that the plane had gone down”.

She said it was “totally a miracle for me”. The Air India flight crashed on Thursday shortly after taking off for London Gatwick, plummeting into a densely populated residential area near Ahmedabad airport. More than 50 Britons were among those on board, with one British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh is believed to be the only survivor.