VIDEO: Pilots jump out of cockpit after passenger sneezes on flight

VIDEO: Pilots jump out of cockpit after passenger sneezes on flight

The outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has seen many people taking all sorts of measures to avoid getting infected.  

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These pilots' coronavirus worries are reaching new heights. 

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A video shared by New York Post shows how pilots took flight out of the cockpit in fear of being exposed to the coronavirus. A rumour spread among the flight crew that a passenger who sneezed had coronavirus. This scared the pilots so much that they landed the plane in Maharashtra, India and fled the cockpit.

Just a few days later, Indian aviation banned all domestic flights to help contain the spread of the illness. The passenger who sneezed was later screened and tested negative for the virus.

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