The death of a male passenger aboard an Arik Air Flight from Nigeria to
JFK Airport on Thursday ,triggered Ebola Fears. The unnamed male
passenger who boarded the flight out of Lagos on Wednesday, died during
the flight after a fit of vomiting .
According to the New York
post ,congressman,Rep. Peter King said the man had been vomiting in his
seat and some time before the plane landed, he passed away leaving 145
passengers in fear.
“The door [to the terminal] was left open, which a lot of the first
responders found alarming,”My understanding was that the passenger was
vomiting in the seat,"The CDC went on the plane, examined the dead body
and said the person did not have Ebola,It was what I was told a cursory
examination. The Port Authority cops and personnel from Customs and
Border Protection were there, and they were told there was no danger
because the person did not have Ebola,”
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