Dubai, Oct. 10: An Indian housemaid, who was stranded in a transit lounge of Muscat airport for five days after losing her passport at the Doha airport, died on her way to the hospital.
Beebi Lumada, 40, was travelling from Muscat to Chennai via Doha by Qatar Airways last week but lost her passport while in transit at the Doha airport, The Gulf News said in a report on Saturday.
When her passport was not found, she was sent back to Muscat, the port of origin. The housemaid had cancelled her Oman residence visa and since she did not carry her passport she was not allowed to re-enter Muscat.
“We informed immigration about the situation and also intimated the Indian Embassy on Monday,” an official was quoted by the newspaper as saying.
“We were given repeated assurances that the embassy officials would come but there was no visit,” airline officials told the newspaper.