Mumbai: At least three IndiGo pilots and crew members who operated flights to Guangzhou in China recently have been kept under “home surveillance” in Kolkata for a few days.
One of them had flu, but has not tested positive for novel coronavirus and has been cleared by the Airport Health Organisation, the airline is known to have told the director-general of civil aviation.
According to sources, these crew members had operated the Guangzhou-Kolkata and Kolkata-Kochi flights that ferried three Kerala students from Wuhan. The students had tested positive for the virus after their arrival.
“IndiGo said that they have no positive case of coronavirus. The crew laid off from the China operation is on house rest,” said Arun Kumar, director-general of civil aviation.
An IndiGo spokesperson said, “We are following all prescribed APHO guidelines and taking preventive measures for our crew operating flights to regions affected by coronavirus. Currently, none of our crew has shown any symptom and they are under constant observation.”
On January 30, the Indian government issued a notification advising a 14-day home rest for people who had travelled to China after January 15.
Dr Pankaj Tyagi, aerospace medicine and alcohol testing domain expert said, “Just one positive case can infect the whole crew and passengers. The risk of cross infection increases because of the way breathalyser tests are carried out in India.”
13/02/20 Times of India
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One of them had flu, but has not tested positive for novel coronavirus and has been cleared by the Airport Health Organisation, the airline is known to have told the director-general of civil aviation.
According to sources, these crew members had operated the Guangzhou-Kolkata and Kolkata-Kochi flights that ferried three Kerala students from Wuhan. The students had tested positive for the virus after their arrival.
“IndiGo said that they have no positive case of coronavirus. The crew laid off from the China operation is on house rest,” said Arun Kumar, director-general of civil aviation.
An IndiGo spokesperson said, “We are following all prescribed APHO guidelines and taking preventive measures for our crew operating flights to regions affected by coronavirus. Currently, none of our crew has shown any symptom and they are under constant observation.”
On January 30, the Indian government issued a notification advising a 14-day home rest for people who had travelled to China after January 15.
Dr Pankaj Tyagi, aerospace medicine and alcohol testing domain expert said, “Just one positive case can infect the whole crew and passengers. The risk of cross infection increases because of the way breathalyser tests are carried out in India.”
13/02/20 Times of India
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