Air India cabin crew tests coronavirus positive, taken to Mumbai hospital

An Air India cabin crew member, who was part of the team that operated a Newark-Mumbai flight last month, has tested positive for coronavirus and has been admitted to a hospital here, a source said on Thursday.

This is at least the second instance of an Air India group staff testing positive. Last week, a woman customer care of the airline’s ground handling subsidiary AIASL was admitted to a hospital after she had coronavirus infection.

“Our cabin crew member has been admitted to the Kasturba BMC hospital in south-central Mumbai after she was tested positive for coronavirus infection. She had operated Air india’s Mumbai’s flight from Newark (the US) on March 20,” the source said.