Besides the 19 Indians who tested positive, antibodies were found in the tests of 39 others, officials said
He said the Kerala police has reported 11 deaths so far in the accident.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said he is deeply distressed to hear the news about the Air India Express flight tragedy in Kerala's Kozhikode
The aircraft VT-AXH, a Boeing 737 aircraft had 191 people, including flight crew onboard.
There were 6 crew members onboard, including two pilots
The air carriers also resorted to cancellation of several flights on the second day of resumption of services due to truncated schedules following requests from several states owing to the coronavirus
Air India officials said, "The male passenger had travelled to Italy by road. He took the February 25 Vienna-Delhi flight
A passenger said the flight, scheduled for 12:30 pm departure, was delayed by an hour, and around 25 minutes after take off, it returned to Raipur. He also claimed that lunch was served only evening
The aircraft has been inspected both by a team of AAIB and Air India flight safety department along with airline's engineering wing, the source said.
The aircraft landed safely and all the people on board are unharmed, said SC Hota, the director of Biju Patnaik International Airport
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'The food is taken from here in India in chillers and then it is heated whenever it has to be used...Catering costs for us are around Rs 600 crore to Rs 800 crore a year' , Air India said
The officials said the flight experienced turbulence soon after take-off when the altitude was around 15,000 feet due to bad weather
The crew was acting according to the instructions of the flight commander who in a "generous gesture" decided to return the phone
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Modi said the flights will allow 'my Tamil brothers and sisters' to visit Varanasi