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NABL chief executive N Venkateswaran said the laboratory had been suspended in April for non-compliance with NABL accreditation norms . Due to confidentiality, we will not be able to say more than that the lab was found not complying with accreditation norms and hence suspended.
CRL Diagnostics managing director Ravi Tomar said the suspension stemmed from the misuse of the NABL logo and that the laboratory was appealing for it to be lifted.
Jatin Wig and his family were among the group of passengers who were stopped from boarding the plane.
Mr Wig s wife and toddler had tested positive to the virus despite showing no symptoms.
The first repatriation flight from Covid plagued India has touched down in Australia at Darwin airport - with up to 80 passengers hopping on buses to nearby Howard Springs for mandatory quarantine.
More than 40 people who tested positive along with about 30 of their close contacts were barred from returning on QF 112, which had a Covid-safe capacity of 150 seats.
In all, between 75 and 80 returnees made it onto the eight-and-a-half hour flight, which touched down about 9.25am on Saturday.
The first repatriation flight from India has landed in Darwin on Saturday (pictured)
The Qantas plane had up to 80 Australians on board after 40 were refused because of positive Covid tests
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