Tag: Democratic Republic of Congo
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“U.S. Passengers Flying From Ebola-Affected Countries To Be Rerouted” U.S. Customs And Border Protection Memo Issued
Early Thursday morning, Michal Ruprecht went to Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport at 2AM to catch a flight. At the airline counter, he told the agent that he was headed to Michigan. “He did this sort of double look and asked me, was I sure I was going to Michigan?” he recalls. Ruprecht, a medical student…
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Passenger Removed Showed No Symptoms – Air France Flight to Detroit Diverted to Canada Over Suspected Ebola Case
An Air France flight from Paris to Detroit was forced to divert to Montreal on Wednesday due to U.S. flight restrictions linked to the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa after it was determined that one of the passengers was from the Democratic Republic of Congo, federal officials and the airline said. Air France boarded the…
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Air France Flight Turned Away From U.S. Airspace And Diverted To Montreal Over Suspected Ebola-Linked Passenger
A flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Airport was diverted to Montreal after a passenger from a country currently affected by an Ebola outbreak was allowed to board. According to a Customs and Border Patrol spokesperson: Air France boarded a passenger from the Democratic Republic of Congo in error on a…
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