Bhumi Chauhan, a UK-based woman visiting India, is thanking God and her stars for missing the ill-fated Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad as she got stuck in heavy traffic and reached the airport late.

Chauhan said she missed boarding the AI 171 flight to London, which crashed soon after taking off on Thursday afternoon from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, by just 10 minutes, reported news agency PTI. 

She was in Ahmedabad for the first time after moving to the UK two years ago.