CISF has directed its personnel to go into preventive quarantine after at least two passengers of the Air India Express flight that crashed

Kerala: The CISF has directed its personnel to go into preventive quarantine after at least two passengers of the Air India Express flight that crashed at Kozhikode tested positive for Covid-19, officials said on Saturday.

At least 18 passengers, including the two pilots of the Boeing 737-800 aircraft, were killed in the incident.

Plane crash"We are identifying our personnel, who rescued the passengers who have tested positive for coronavirus," CISF Special Director General (Airports) M A Ganapathy said.

Another senior officer said the force has information that two passengers have tested positive for Covid-19.

Around 50 CISF personnel, who were involved in the rescue operation, and their family members have been asked to quarantine themselves, he said.

CoronavirusThe force will also conduct Covid-19 tests of all those who were exposed, the officer said.

Another official said the rescuers of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other airport officials have also been asked to go into self-quarantine in view of the Covid-19 positive report of some passengers.