Spicejet pilot, AI staffer positive for coronavirus

NEWDELHI: A Spicejet pilot and an Air India ground staffer have tested positive for Covid-19, officials familiar with the matter said on Sunday.

The pilot’s test report confirmed the infection on Saturday. Spicejet has said that the officer had not operated any international flight in March.

The last domestic flight that he operated was on March 21 from Chennai to Delhi and since then he had quarantined himself at home. The airline is now undergoing a contact tracing exercise to establish how many people he came in contact with. As a precautionary measure, all crew and staff who had been in direct contact with him have been asked to self-quarantine by staying at home for the next 14 days. All measures are being taken to provide appropriate medical care to him...,” the airline said.

The Air India ground staff has been admitted to a government hospital in Jogeshwari after she tested positive for Sars-cov-2. The employee, working for Air India Air Transport Services Ltd. (AIATSL), was on duty for the last flight that landed at Mumbai airport before domestic operations were shut.

Officials said the employee complained of breathing issues and fever, after which she was admitted to the hospital. While AIATSL’S head did not respond to HT’S calls till the time of going to press, people familiar with the matter said the employee is doing better. “She will be kept in isolation for 14 days.”