The customer relations wing of IndiGo (InterGlobe Aviation Ltd), in an email to The Telegraph on Monday, spoke of “scientific evidence” that “infectious HIV has been recovered from human corpses between 11 to 16 days after death in bodies”.
This follows a mail to the airlines for a response to an incident at Chennai airport where the body of an HIV-positive child from Assam was allegedly refused transportation.
The email said the “HIV virus falls under category A of dangerous goods, which is forbidden in pax and cargo aircraft”.
