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The plane was taken to a staging area to be checked by the CDC and police.
At least 12 people have been taken to the hospital after a plane landed at JFK with about 100 people on board reporting feeling sick, federal and local law enforcement sources say.
Emirates Flight 203 from Dubai landed at John F. Kennedy Airport Wednesday morning and was quarantined on the runway after many of the 521 passengers and some of the crew reported feeling ill on board the flight with coughs and fevers, airport sources and the CDC said.
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The flight landed about 9:10 a.m. where Port Authority Police and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were waiting in a staging area to check passengers. Travelers temperatures were being checked, and at least a dozen people have been taken to hospital, law enforcement sources said.
Emirates released a statement at 10:30 a.m. saying about 10 passengers on flight EK203 from Dubai were taken ill. It said those passengers were being treated by New York health authorities and the other passengers would be able to disembark shortly after.
The mayor's office confirmed on Twitter that a plane had landed at JFK with sickened passengers, saying the aircraft had been quarantined. The mayor's office initially said the flight had stopped in Mecca, which is experiencing a flu outbreak, and that may be a possible source of the outbreak. A spokesperson later said the flight was in fact direct, and some of the passengers had previously been in Mecca.
Erin Sykes, a passenger on board the Emirates flight that landed at JFK Airport with dozens of sick passengers on board, tells News 4 New York some passengers were sick before they boarded the plane.(Published 5 minutes ago)
Chopper 4 was over the scene at landing where about seven ambulances were lined up, as well as at dozens of other emergency response units including police and Homeland Security. A handful of crew members were seen being escorted from the plane about 10 a.m.
Mahesh Varaboore said his wife was on the flight with his two children, age nine and 15 months. He said he was worried about his family, and that his wife told him passengers were vomiting on board.
A passenger on board the flight also posted an image of more than a dozen emergency response vehicles waiting outside the plane on the runway. Larry Coben said they were advised on board that people were sick, but he had not seen any sick people himself. He added that the plane was two levels.
Another passenger sent NBC 4 video of a flight attendant telling people to sit down and stay in their seats. That passenger said she saw sick people around her.
The CDC said passengers who are not ill would be allowed to continue with their travel plans.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loc...irates-new-york-dubai-new-york-492492391.html
At least 12 people have been taken to the hospital after a plane landed at JFK with about 100 people on board reporting feeling sick, federal and local law enforcement sources say.
Emirates Flight 203 from Dubai landed at John F. Kennedy Airport Wednesday morning and was quarantined on the runway after many of the 521 passengers and some of the crew reported feeling ill on board the flight with coughs and fevers, airport sources and the CDC said.
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The flight landed about 9:10 a.m. where Port Authority Police and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were waiting in a staging area to check passengers. Travelers temperatures were being checked, and at least a dozen people have been taken to hospital, law enforcement sources said.
Emirates released a statement at 10:30 a.m. saying about 10 passengers on flight EK203 from Dubai were taken ill. It said those passengers were being treated by New York health authorities and the other passengers would be able to disembark shortly after.
The mayor's office confirmed on Twitter that a plane had landed at JFK with sickened passengers, saying the aircraft had been quarantined. The mayor's office initially said the flight had stopped in Mecca, which is experiencing a flu outbreak, and that may be a possible source of the outbreak. A spokesperson later said the flight was in fact direct, and some of the passengers had previously been in Mecca.
Erin Sykes, a passenger on board the Emirates flight that landed at JFK Airport with dozens of sick passengers on board, tells News 4 New York some passengers were sick before they boarded the plane.(Published 5 minutes ago)
Chopper 4 was over the scene at landing where about seven ambulances were lined up, as well as at dozens of other emergency response units including police and Homeland Security. A handful of crew members were seen being escorted from the plane about 10 a.m.
Mahesh Varaboore said his wife was on the flight with his two children, age nine and 15 months. He said he was worried about his family, and that his wife told him passengers were vomiting on board.
A passenger on board the flight also posted an image of more than a dozen emergency response vehicles waiting outside the plane on the runway. Larry Coben said they were advised on board that people were sick, but he had not seen any sick people himself. He added that the plane was two levels.
Another passenger sent NBC 4 video of a flight attendant telling people to sit down and stay in their seats. That passenger said she saw sick people around her.
The CDC said passengers who are not ill would be allowed to continue with their travel plans.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loc...irates-new-york-dubai-new-york-492492391.html
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