Date:04/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/04/stories/2008070455130300.htm

Kerala

Air passenger sent back

Nedumbassery: An international passenger, who arrived at the Cochin International Airport here on Wednesday, was denied entry to the country on account of the expiration of his visa. The passenger, identified as Al Amri Sayeed Saleh Saif from Oman, arrived here on an Oman Airways flight from Muscat. The officials said the passenger was unaware that his visa had expired. He was later sent back in the same aircraft on its return leg. — A Correspondent