All 242 on board Air India Amritsar-Rome flight quarantined on arrival after many tested positive

NEW DELHI: All the 242 people onboard Air India’s Delhi-Amritsar-Rome flight (AI 1123) last Wednesday were quarantined after about 30 passengers and two crew members — the captain who operated the aircraft and the lead cabin crew member — tested Covid positive on arrival. Italian authorities sent the 232 passengers, eight cabin crew members and two pilots for paid quarantine in a hotel.

The crew is having a tough time as they have reportedly been sent to a Covid centre hospital for quarantine. One of the crew members has written to the airline management, saying: “After landing in Rome (on April 28) we were informed about Italy’s new Covid protocol … that all passengers will be quarantined for 10 days.