Emirates airline: Passengers sick

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Emirates airline: Passengers sick on Dubai-New York flight

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• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45425412

Image copyright CBS grab Image caption The passengers are being checked out by health professionals

An Emirates airline jetliner has been quarantined at New York's JFK airport amid reports of passengers feeling sick on board.

The airline said 10 people had been taken ill, but US media said dozens were affected.

Police and health officials are responding to the situation, and emergency vehicles have been seen on the runway.

Flight 203 from Dubai arrived at about 09:10 local time (13.10 GMT).

Emirates airline tweeted that the sick passengers were being attended to and those who were unaffected would soon be allowed to leave the plane.

Emirates Airline

 

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Statement: Emirates can confirm that about 10 passengers on #EK203 from Dubai to New York were taken ill. On arrival, as a precaution, they were attended to by local health authorities. All others will disembark shortly. The safety & care of our customers is our first priority.

8:18 AM - Sep 5, 2018

End of Twitter post by @emirates

ABC News reports that the pilot raised concerns prior to landing that many of the passengers were coughing and experiencing high temperatures.

Food poisoning is suspected as a cause.

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Plane from Dubai quarantined at NYC airport after passengers fall ill

A plane has been quarantined after numerous passengers became ill aboard a flight from Dubai that arrived at New York City's JFK airport this morning, the mayor's office says.

Representatives of U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention are on the scene

The Associated Press · Posted: Sep 05, 2018 10:46 AM ET | Last Updated: 18 minutes ago

 

An image made from video shows emergency crews gathering near a plane at JFK airport after passengers aboard a flight from Dubai fell ill on Wednesday morning. (WABC-7 via Associated Press)

A plane has been quarantined after numerous passengers became ill aboard a flight from Dubai that arrived at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport this morning, the mayor's office says.

The doubledecker Airbus A380 landed shortly after 9 a.m. ET with about 500 passengers aboard, according to a spokesperson for Emirates airline.

She said 10 passengers had taken ill on the flight and "were immediately checked by local health authorities and those needing medical attention will be attended to," an airline spokesperson said in a statement. 

Larry Coben, who identified himself as one of the passengers, uploaded photos on Twitter showing dozens of police and emergency vehicles waiting outside the plane on the tarmac.

Representatives of the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention were on the scene, a spokesperson for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

Coben tweeted that passengers were eventually allowed to leave the plane. They had their temperatures taken on the tarmac and were then transported by bus to the airport terminal, where they made their way through customs.

Eric Phillips, a spokesperson for de Blasio, tweeted that the flight stopped in Mecca, which is experiencing a flu outbreak, and "early indications point to that as a possibility."

A New York Police Department counterterrorism division tweeted it was monitoring what appeared to be a "medical situation."

 

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Surprised it doesn’t happen more..who knows what passengers have or where they have been..

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But AC's expected to pay a 65K for protecting all the other pax on the flight reported above?