New Delhi, June 27 -- An Indian travel content creator found herself stranded in Kuwait with her infant daughter for over 36 hours amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, following a suspected missile strike in the region.

Anindita Chatterjee, who was flying back to Mumbai from New York after a three-month stay in the United States, recounted the ordeal on Instagram, calling it the "scariest experience" she has had on a flight.

"We flew 13 hours to Kuwait, had a short layover, and then boarded our connecting flight to Mumbai. But mid-air, things took a terrifying turn. Iran bombed Qatar, and we were flying through that very airspace. It was unreal and terrifying," she wrote.

Shortly after takeoff, the flight reportedly turned arou...