Around two-and-a-half hours after taking off from Delhi early Saturday, an Air India plane headed for Moscow for repatriation mission was asked to turn back to the capital. The reason: The national carrier’s ground team realised that one of its pilots onboard the aircraft had tested positive for coronavirus. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has opened an investigation into the incident and a senior government official said there was a “lapse” on part of the airline personnel responsible for checking the test reports of the crew members.
“Air India this morning, recalled its aircraft operating Delhi-Moscow without passengers; immediately when it was noticed that one of the cockpit crew had tested positive in the pre flight Covid test.
