Emirates Flight Met in Boston After Sick Passengers Report
Officials said none of the passengers had been to an Ebola zone.
— -- A plane arriving at Boston’s Logan Airport from Dubai was met by a hazmat team today after five passengers reportedly displayed flu-like symptoms, according to an official from Massport, which runs the airport.
Pictures on social media showed medical crews in hazmat suits as they arrived at the scene and boarded the plane, Emirates flight 237. The plane was surrounded by ambulances and emergency responders in white and yellow suits.
None of the five sick people had been traveling in West Africa, the official said.
The Boston Public Health Commission said in statement Monday that it "has determined that the patients who arrived on United Emirates Flight #237 at Logan International Airport do not meet the criteria for any infections of public health concern, including Ebola, meningococcal infection, or MERS."
The Ebola virus has already killed more than 3,000 people, according to the US Centers for Disease Control.