Russian woman and child waits for flight to Bangkok

Kolkata: The ordeal continued for Sokolovskaya Ksenia and her two-year-old son Sherbatov Galaktion on Friday. The two had been stranded at Kolkata airport since 6.30 pm on Thursday after immigration authorities denied them entry because the child did not have a visa.
The Russian woman had to spend hours in a public lounge with no privacy as the airport lacks an enclosure for stranded passengers. Sokolovskaya was given food and a blanket to sleep on the floor with.
Jet Airways refused to take them to Bangkok free of cost and Air India Express, the carrier responsible for overlooking the error, declined to foot the bill. An Air India official said, "The problem arose because we did not have a Bangkok flight on Friday."
29/06/09 Times of India

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