Plane Quarantined At JFK Airport After 10 Passengers Fall Ill Aboard A Flight From Dubai
Source: Talking Points Memo/AP
By Associated Press
September 5, 2018 11:39 am
NEW YORK (AP) A plane has been quarantined at New Yorks Kennedy Airport when about 10 passengers became ill aboard a flight from Dubai. The Emirates flight landed around 9:10 a.m. Wednesday. The airline says the passengers were getting medical attention as a precaution.
Video from news helicopters showed the jet sitting on the tarmac surrounded by ambulances, vehicles and airport personnel. Passengers were exiting the plane with their luggage and getting on to buses.
Representatives of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were on the scene.
A New York police counterterrorism division tweeted it appeared to be a medical situation.
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truthisfreedom
(23,151 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)With a plane full of 500+ passengers and crew, 10 sick people is a blip - 2%. Since planes are, as others have observed, incubators for illness, that's a pretty small number and likely to be explained away by any number of things, i.e., they were ill before they boarded the plane, members of one family, food poisoning via specific/special meals, etc.
On the other hand 100 sick is 20%. That's "Strain"-level illness, and I'd begin looking for a vampire in a casket in cargo.
Question. Is JFK or any other large international airport set up to accommodate/quarantine a plane-load of sick passengers and crew? I would guess that they would say the answer is yes, but in practical terms probably not.
LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)They aren't even equipped to handle weather delays!
cstanleytech
(26,306 posts)it was something worse we would have seen alot more than 10 people on a flight with 100+ on board.
NickB79
(19,257 posts)cstanleytech
(26,306 posts)LisaL
(44,974 posts)One of the symptoms is said to be coughing. Most likely some sort of virus.
cstanleytech
(26,306 posts)that can cause people to become ill plus some foods we eat are poisonous if not properly prepared.
Mz Pip
(27,452 posts)People were sick before they took off. Not good.
NickB79
(19,257 posts)The flight originated in the Middle East, where MERS has been most prevalent: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/index.html
And MERS is a nasty disease that causes flu-like symptoms.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I'm sure a few hours away from him and they'll be just fine.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)cstanleytech
(26,306 posts)Response to DonViejo (Original post)
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