Middle seat PIL: Expert aviation panel submits report to HC
MUMBAI: An expert panel of the Ministry of Civil Aviation on Friday told Bombay High Court COVID-19 does not spread by mere touch of a person who is a carrier of the coronavirus. The expert committee, under chairmanship of the civil aviation secretary, submitted a note to a division bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and S P Tavade hearing a petition filed by Air India pilot Deven Kanani, who claimed the airline was not keeping middle seats vacant in flights bringing back stranded persons to India.
The court had, on Thursday, asked the committee, set up to review public health care protocols for air travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic, if coronavirus can be transmitted by mere touch of a person who is a carrier.
