An Air India flight from Delhi to Moscow returned to Delhi on Saturday. (Representational)
New Delhi:
An Air India flight from Delhi to Moscow on Saturday needed to return halfway after the airline’s floor group came upon that one of many pilots had examined optimistic for novel coronavirus, officers stated.
“When the A320 plane, which did not have any passengers as it was heading to Moscow to bring back stranded Indians under Vande Bharat Mission, had reached Uzbekistan’s airspace, our team on ground realised that one of the pilots had tested COVID-positive,” senior Air India officers stated.
“The flight was immediately asked to return. It came back to Delhi at around 12.30 pm on Saturday,” the officers stated. The crew has been quarantined. Another aircraft could be despatched to Moscow to deliver again the stranded Indians, in line with the officers.
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