Plane held New York' s JFK interna'l airport after passengers fall ill
3,808 views · Published 5 September 2018 · 4:37 · Indexed 27 September 2026
Channel: CGTN Africa · 2018 · News & Politics
An Emirates airline flight from Dubai was quarantined at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Wednesday morning.This is after 10 passengers became ill during the flight from Dubai. According to an airlines spokesperson, the Emirates flight 203, carrying about 500 passengers, landed shortly after 13 hours GMT. Media outlets had earlier put the number at about 100 passengers. Officials from the Port Authority Police Department and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were on scene but did not immediately respond to requests for comment Subscribe to us on YouTube: http://ow.ly/Zvqj30aIsgY Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cgtnafrica/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cgtnafrica
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