Indian media reported citing officials from the civil aviation department that there were 242 people on board, including 12 crew members. According to The Indian Express citing a report from Reuters UK, among the 230 passengers, there were 169 Indian citizens, 53 British citizens, 1 Canadian citizen and 7 Portuguese citizens.
Currently, India has no visa exemption policy for China.
Chinese citizens need a passport and a visa to travel to India. A passport is proof of nationality when entering or leaving the country, while a visa is the permit to enter India.
Some suggest that as both China and India are populous countries and neighbors with high population mobility, they should implement a visa-free policy. This air disaster will serve as a lesson.
Although this crash involved mainly Indians, there were also many foreign passengers, including 53 Britons, as well as 7 Portuguese and 1 Canadian... No Chinese people.
Think about it, India has no reason to complain about not issuing tourist visas to Chinese citizens.
There is a Chinese idiom: good fortune may turn out to be misfortune, and vice versa!
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