The Air India Express flight that skidded off a runway while landing at the airport in Kozhikode on August 7. Shailaja to go on quarantine after one of the deceased passengers tested positive for the pathogen. As many as 26 volunteers who reached the Air-India Express plane crash site in Kozhikode, 48km from Malappuram and evacuated the injured passengers on August 7, have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). Safety deficit: The Hindu Editorial on Kozhikode plane crashThe volunteers had been asked by the Health Minister K.K. Shailaja to go on quarantine after one of the deceased passengers tested positive for the pathogen.

Source: The Hindu August 20, 2020 11:50 UTC