[VIDEO] Watch What Happened When a Joker on an Airplane said ‘I Have Ebola!’
Posted: October 9, 2014 Filed under: Global, Health and Social Issues, Mediasphere | Tags: Africa, Diario Libre, Dominican Republic, Ebola, Flight attendant, Hazmat suit, Ministry of Health, US Airways 2 CommentsFrom Gawker
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…(read more)
The headline I shoulda thought of:
Hazmat teams remove jackass from plane. http://t.co/tqGkjxiK0r
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) October 10, 2014
From the YouTube description:
Once we landed in Punta Cana we were told by the flight attendants that there was a situation and that a passenger may have been in Africa and had Ebola. She was certain it was a hoax but they did not take any chances and had a full hazmat crew board the plane and take the passenger off. It was later confirmed that the passenger was never in Africa and after 2hrs we were finally able to get off the plane.
The joker might as well said he had a bomb! Doh!!!
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