Air India Flight Returns After Pilot Tests COVID Positive Midway

GUWAHATI: Air India Flight Airbus A-320 Neo (VT-EXR) returned midway after the ground team realised that the pilot was COVID positive.

The flight was carrying passengers from New Delhi to Moscow.

Officials informed of an error in pre-flight test reports which initially showed the pilot to be negative.

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The pilot had reportedly fallen ill during the flight when the flight was called back.