Air India flight turned back after pilot found to be Covid-19 positive
An Air India flight en route to Moscow was abruptly ordered to return after a Covid-19 test result hiccup.
The plane was heading to Russia empty to bring Indians back home to Delhi when it was ordered to turn around.
The pilot’s negative test result turned out to be positive after a ‘lapse.’
"When the A320 plane, which did not have any passengers as it was heading to Moscow to bring back stranded Indians, had reached Uzbekistan’s airspace, our on ground team realised that one of the pilots had tested Covid-positive," an Air India official was quoted as saying.
"The flight was immediately asked to return."
All crew members were placed in quarantine after touching down at Delhi.
It is not the first time there have been issues with test results at Air India.
Last month five pilots initially tested positive but following a second round of tests proved all were in fact negative.
An official blamed ‘faulty testing kits.’
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