Passenger Pulled from US Airways Plane After Yelling "I Have Ebola"

Mike Wise

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http://gawker.com/passenger-pulled-from-u-s-airways-plane-after-yelling-1644486184

A US Airways flight from Philadelphia to Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, was held upon landing yesterday after a sneezing passenger joked about having been to Africa.

"I have Ebola, you are all screwed," the 54-year-old man said, according to the Dominican news site Diario Libre. Fox News reported he also screamed, "I've been to Africa!"

The director of operations of the airport in Punta Cana confirmed a medical team boarded the plane in hazmat suits and took the passenger to a separate medical health area, where he was examined and found not to have the lethal disease. The Ministry of Public Health also confirmed the scare was a false alarm.

The dumbass and/or hypochondriac, who was also found not to have been to Africa, is being returned to the United States, where he will be checked again.

According to the person who posted the above video, the other passengers were held for 2 hours before they were allowed to disembark.

No cases of Ebola have yet been confirmed in Latin America.
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I'm surprised he didn't get his ass beaten like has happened on airline flights where someone was suspected of attempting to bring harm to the plane and pax or commit a terrorist act.
 
MikeD said:
I'm surprised he didn't get his ass beaten like has happened on airline flights where someone was suspected of attempting to bring harm to the plane and pax or commit a terrorist act.
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Well, if the guy was not full of poo, the last thing you would want to do is start breaking your knuckles open on his mug. That distant fear probably would prevent that.
 
I love that at 2:35 in, the lady in the aisle has her shirt pulled up over her nose. I love the logic. Men in self contained bio suits? Better cover my nose!
 
What's the incubation period for Ebola, up to 20 days? 20 days in medical isolation should make this guy think twice about pulling a stunt like this again.
 
MikeD said:
I'm surprised he didn't get his ass beaten like has happened on airline flights where someone was suspected of attempting to bring harm to the plane and pax or commit a terrorist act.
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That would not be a smart thing to do for the person performing the beating . . . you know with Ebola being transmitted via bodily fluids and all that jazz :D
 
I guess having ebola would be the way to keep yourself from getting your ass beaten down.

Of course, then you'll just bleed out of your ass but at least it won't be beaten.
 
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