Pilot found positive; AI flight called back

New Delhi: An Air India flight from Delhi to Moscow with no passengers onboard was asked to return midway on Saturday after its ground staff realised that one of the pilots of the plane tested positive for coronavirus as he was assigned the duty following an oversight by a team checking pre-flight medical reports of the crew, officials told PTI.
Two senior bureaucrats said there was a “lapse” on the part of officials responsible to scrutinise the coronavirus test reports of the crew members and that aviation regulator DGCA has already begun an investigation into the case based on a preliminary report by the airline.
All crew members including the Delhi-based pilot with coronavirus infection have been quarantined after they arrived in Delhi, the officials said, adding the plane did not have any passengers as it was heading to Moscow to bring back stranded Indians under.
Consequent to the incident, the regulator, DGCA, has ordered a probe into the matter. (PTI)