NEW YORK: As many as 100 passengers and group reported feeling in poor health on Wednesday during an Emirates flight from Dubai to New York, and health staff had been evaluating them because the aircraft sat at the tarmac of JFK International Airport, government said.
About 100 other folks complained of feeling sick on Emirates Flight 203, which landed with a minimum of 521 passengers shortly after nine am EDT (1300 GMT) at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a commentary. Their symptoms included cough and fever.
Earlier, Dubai-based Emirates said in a commentary that 10 passengers "were taken ill" at the flight from the Middle Eastern nation and had been transported to a clinic. It didn't specify the indications or nature of the court cases.
The aircraft was taken to a location clear of the terminal so that emergency officials could evaluate the location, officials from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said in a commentary.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said they had been tracking the location and President Donald Trump was being updated as new knowledge become to be had.
The aircraft concerned was a double-deck Airbus A388 - the sector's biggest passenger aircraft - in keeping with FlightConscious.com.
CDC public health officers had been operating with different companies to evaluate passengers, including taking temperatures and making preparations for shipping to hospitals, spokesman Benjamin Haynes said within the commentary.
Passengers who weren't in poor health had been allowed to proceed with their go back and forth plans, he said.
Some sick passengers had been taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center with non-life-threatening stipulations, in keeping with a New York City Fire Department spokesman.
About 100 other folks complained of feeling sick on Emirates Flight 203, which landed with a minimum of 521 passengers shortly after nine am EDT (1300 GMT) at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a commentary. Their symptoms included cough and fever.
Earlier, Dubai-based Emirates said in a commentary that 10 passengers "were taken ill" at the flight from the Middle Eastern nation and had been transported to a clinic. It didn't specify the indications or nature of the court cases.
The aircraft was taken to a location clear of the terminal so that emergency officials could evaluate the location, officials from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said in a commentary.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said they had been tracking the location and President Donald Trump was being updated as new knowledge become to be had.
The aircraft concerned was a double-deck Airbus A388 - the sector's biggest passenger aircraft - in keeping with FlightConscious.com.
CDC public health officers had been operating with different companies to evaluate passengers, including taking temperatures and making preparations for shipping to hospitals, spokesman Benjamin Haynes said within the commentary.
Passengers who weren't in poor health had been allowed to proceed with their go back and forth plans, he said.
Some sick passengers had been taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center with non-life-threatening stipulations, in keeping with a New York City Fire Department spokesman.
Emirates plane quarantined in New York with sick passengers: Airline
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