China-return Air India pilots' Covid tests 'false-positives'; all 5 now test negative

All five Air India pilots who h allegedly tested positive for COVID-19 just days earlier have w been found Covid-negative in retest, officials said on Monday. All five pilots reportedly h operated cargo flights between Guangzhou and Delhi in April. flight was Boeing 787 Dreamliner which went to China for medical supplies. 

'...could be a case of faulty testing kit as well.'

swab test samples of pilots were collected at Air India Medicon Bhawan near old international airport in Mumbai. samples were sent to a BMC authorised centre. 

On Saturday  five pilots h allegedly tested positive for Coronavirus. "Five Air India pilots have tested positive for coronavirus. se pilots were tested one after one. We suspect it could be a case of faulty testing kit as well," sources h said.

national carrier, which is operating flights to evacuate Indians stranded in foreign countries, has asked its pilots to undertake coronavirus test before y operate such flights.  pre-flight COVID-19 test is carried out 72 hours before pilots are rostered for flight duties.

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As many as 288 people stranded in USA and UAE arrived at international airport on board two Air India flights in Hyderab on Monday as part of off-shore evacuation drive of Indian Citizens under Vande Bharat Mission during COVID-19 lockdown.

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While 118 people returned from San Francisco in US, or 170 came from Abu Dhabi, PTI's sources at GMR-led Rajiv Gandhi International Airport said. Air India flight AI 1617 from San Francisco via Mumbai landed in morning while AI 1920 at 8.50 pm, y said.

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total number of positive Coronavirus cases across country is at 67,152, including 44,029 active cases. So far, 20,916 patients have eir been cured or discharged while 2,206 deaths have been reported in country, as per data provided by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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