A Turkish Airlines aircraft was flown back to Istanbul without any passengers on board on orders from authorities in Singapore after a passenger who had arrived on the same plane on Tuesday tested positive for Covid-19.
The infected passenger was not Turkish and transited through Istanbul yesterday en route to Singapore from another location, a Turkish aviation official said, adding there were 143 passengers aboard the flight, as well as three pilots and 10 crew members.
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