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Brussels attacks: Gul Panag's husband trapped at Brussels airport

Model and actress Gul Panag's husband, Rishi Attari, who is a Jet... Read More
Model and actress Gul Panag's husband,

Rishi Attari

, who is a Jet Airways pilot, was trapped in an aircraft that he was piloting, on

Brussels

' Zaventem Airport. Attari's flight landed at the airport minutes before the bomb attacks took place at the departure hall of the airport. The pilot, along with other crew members and the passengers, were trapped in the aircraft for hours before they were finally shifted to a safe place at the airport.

Live Blog: Brussels terror attacks

Gul took to her Twitter account to pass on the information. She tweeted, '

#Brussels

bound @jetairways flight from #Delhi has landed. Passengers & crew still in aircraft. Airport closed as of now.'


The actress also promised to keep people updated with any information that came her way from the city. Her next tweet read, 'HE is part of the crew . Will pass on updates as I receive them. Crew and passengers safe . @jetairways #Brussels.'

True to her promise, Panag soon after posted how the passengers were safe and shifted to a secure holding.


Brussels airport attacks: 2 Jet Airways crew members injured, flights cancelled to city

Reportedly, airport authorities have confirmed that a few more undetonated homemade bombs were found within the terminal.

A little while after the airport, a metro station too was bombarded. The explosion occurred four days after the Brussels police arrested a suspect in the November militant attacks in Paris that killed 130 people.
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