American Passenger Bundled Off U.S. Flight After Sneezing And Joking 'I have Ebola!' [Photo +Video]
The man had reportedly
been sneezing and coughing through the four-hour US Airways flight - an early
sign of the often fatal disease.
A video taken
by one of the passengers in the middle of the Boeing 777 shows passengers
standing up ready to leave before a flight attendant on a speakerphone tells
everyone to sit down
The remaining 255 people
were forced to stay on board for two hours until he was cleared, despite
airline staff insisting they believed it was a poor-taste joke.
The incident on Wednesday came as the White House agreed to step up medical screening at hospitals across the nation after the first man diagnosed of Ebola in the US died.
Clad in blue protective
overalls, four officers boarded the plane as passengers sat near the man
covered their faces.
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