Air India Delhi-Moscow Flight Returns As Pilot Tests COVID-19 Positive

An Air India flight from Delhi to Moscow had to return to Delhi midway after the ground team found out that one of the pilots had tested positive for COVID-19, reports PTI. "When the A320 plane, which did not have any passengers as it was heading to Moscow to bring back stranded Indians under Vande Bharat Mission, had reached Uzbekistan's airspace, our team on ground realised that one of the pilots had tested COVID-positive," senior Air India officials said.
Update: 2020-05-30 10:14 GMT

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