Emirates is investigating how a woman flew 4,200 miles from the UK to India on her husband’s passport.
A relative of Geeta Modha claims she travelled from Manchester to Delhi with her partner Dilip’s passport, which she had picked up by mistake.
Mrs Modha claims she only spotted the error when she tried to fill in an immigration form on arrival in Delhi on April 23.
She was refused entry to India and had to return to Dubai on the next available flight. She had to stay in the airport overnight until her passport was sent on the next flight from Manchester.
Mrs Modha then had to book another flight to Delhi.
Manchester Airport told the BBC it was the airline’s responsibility to check identification. Emirates said in a statement it works closely with its airport handlers to ensure ‘passport checks were taken very seriously’ but ‘in this instance our usual high standards were not followed’.
It added it was investigating the incident and would ensure a review of training for the staff involved.
