Air India flight returns midway, pilot found COVID-19 positive
An Air India flight from Delhi to Moscow returned midway after the airline’s ground team found out the pilot was coronavirus positive.
According to details, the state-run carrier’s Delhi-Moscow Airbus A-320 Neo (VT-EXR) was forced to return as the ground team realized the pilot was a COVID-19 patient after the plane had taken off.
The plane with no passengers onboard was on its way to Moscow to evacuate stranded Indians under Vande Bharat Mission.
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The flight had reached Uzbekistan’s airspace when it was called back.
According to the Air India officials, there was an error in the pre-flight test report, which was read as negative initially. The pilot reportedly took ill during the flight and was called back.
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