Five senior pilots of Air India have died in May due to Covid-19, senior officials said on Thursday, adding that the carrier has started vaccinating its employees from May 15 onwards after a delay due to non-availability of vaccines.
These five senior pilots were captain Harsh Tiwary, captain G P S Gill, captain Prasad Karmakar, captain Sandeep Rana and captain Amitesh Prasad, they said.