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Old Oct 4, 2014, 12:32 pm
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Post CDC boards incoming BRU-EWR flight 4 Oct 2014 [Ebola considered unlikely]

Apparently this turned out to be nothing more than an ill passenger, but even I'd be concerned if the CDC boarded my flight in hazmat suits:

A United Airilines flight from Brussels was met by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials today at Newark Liberty International Airport after a passenger on board believed to be from Liberia exhibited possible signs of Ebola.

The passenger was traveling with his daughter on United Flight 998 and both were removed from the plane by CDC crew in full hazmat gear.

A senior federal official said the passenger was exbihiting "flu-like symptoms."

Other passengers remained on the plane while the two were being removed.
http://abc7news.com/news/cdc-officia...mptoms/336777/

I wonder how many more of these boardings we're going to see in the next few weeks.

Tom at the Sacramento Airport
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