New Delhi/Cairns (Australia): Union minister of state for commerce Nirmala Sitharaman initially lost her luggage enroute to the Australian city of Cairns on Friday after Air India offloaded her luggage at Melbourne by mistake. However she got it back after the airline rushed her baggage to Sydney within a few hours.
But Ms Sitharaman who had by then already caught her connecting flight to Cairns had to miss the G-20 official reception as her formal clothes were in the suitcase.
The Union minister took to Twitter to comment on the situation.
An Air India official said that Ms Sitharaman was travelling to Sydney by a New Delhi-Melbourne-Sydney flight but that her luggage was offloaded at Melbourne by mistake. The airline immediately rushed the luggage to Sydney after three to four hours.
Ms. Sitharaman is in Australia to attend the two-day meeting of the G-20 finance ministers and Central Bank governors.
Landed in Sydney to take a connecting flight to Cairns. My checked in luggage not traceable. :( :(
— Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman) September 18, 2014On board my connecting flight to Cairns. All my formal wear in the lost suitcase! Not sure I can buy Saris in Cairns! Situation precarious!
— Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman) September 18, 2014
