India A20N over Uzbekistan on May 30th 2020, aircraft turns around due to Corona positive test for a pilot
Last Update: May 31, 2020 / 16:44:14 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 30, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air India
Departure
Delhi, India
Destination
Moscow Domodedovo, Russia
Aircraft Registration
VT-EXR
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N
ICAO Type Designator
A20N
The aircraft was positioning to Moscow to repatriate 143 Indian Citizens, who had become stuck in Russia due to the Corona Pandemic. The crew had undergone Covid-19 tests prior to departing for the flight.
Air India confirmed that the aircraft returned to Delhi after it was discovered one of the pilots had tested positive. The entire crew was isolated. A replacement aircraft flown by another crew was dispatched to Moscow.
Officials reported the test results were initially and erroneously read as negative, the error was later discovered and the aircraft called back to Delhi.
India's embassy to Russia reported as result of a "technical problem" the departure of the repatriation flight would be delayed by 10:15 hours and later confirmed the replacement aircraft departed Moscow with all 143 passengers on board.
A replacement A20N registration VT-EXQ positioned to Moscow, departed for the repatriation flight AI-1946 from Moscow to Delhi and arrived in Delhi with a delay of about 10 hours.
The occurrence aircraft VT-EXR is still on the ground in Delhi about 33 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 30, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air India
Departure
Delhi, India
Destination
Moscow Domodedovo, Russia
Aircraft Registration
VT-EXR
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N
ICAO Type Designator
A20N
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