An airline is examining how a lady flew 4,200 miles from Manchester to Delhi on her significant other’s passport.
A relative of Geeta Modha said she “accidentally” grabbed her partner Dilip’s passport when she set off on a business trek to India on 23 April.
The relative said the “shocking” mistake was not seen at check-in or on boarding the Emirates flight and Mrs Modha only realized at Delhi air terminal.
Emirates apologized saying its “usual high standards were not followed”.
‘Stranded in Dubai’
Mrs Modha’s relative, who requested that not be recognized, said the misstep was just found in Delhi when she attempted to fill in a movement frame.
She was declined passage into India and needed to profit to Dubai for the following accessible flight, the relative said.
Mrs Modha was then “stranded” at Dubai airplane terminal overnight until the point when Emirates could get her visa on the following flight from Manchester.
The specialist, who runs Alankar House wedding shop in Rusholme, Greater Manchester, at that point needed to book another flight to Delhi.
Her relative stated: “It is shocking. She was very, very worried. Imagine getting all the way to [India] and realising you had used someone else’s passport.”
She said had registration staff detected the mistake Mrs Modha ” would have had enough time ” to get her own particular visa to the air terminal as she arrived three hours previously she was because of fly.
Mrs Modha is comprehended to have utilized an abroad citizenship of India card amid a stop in Dubai.
The relative included it was a ” huge inconvenience” to her outing.
Manchester Airport said it was the carrier’s duty to check distinguishing proof.
Emirates said in an announcement it works intimately with its air terminal handlers to guarantee “passport checks were taken very seriously” but “in this instance our usual high standards were not followed”.
It included it was researching the occurrence and would guarantee an audit of preparing for the staff included.
