Flu symptoms divert Germany-D.C. flight to Logan

AP ^ | May 1, 2009

[ConservativeStatement]

BOSTON — A flight from Munich, Germany to Washington has been diverted to Boston because a passenger complained of "flu-like symptoms."

Airport spokesman Phil Orlandella said United flight 903 was being diverted to Boston early Friday afternoon after a 53-year-old female passenger told flight attendants about her symptoms.

[DvdMom]

According to this article Mexico has 35,000 samples waiting to be tested:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aCq75QoLBuDo&refer=home

[DvdMom]

swine flu ping

[Ed Condon]

Why Boston? I thought Bangor,Maine was the choice place for problem arrivals.

[George from New England]

We’re all gonna die. Shoot the plane down.

[JFC]

We’re all gonna die. Shoot the plane down.

That made me Laugh Out Loud!!!!!

[Islander7]

They said pigs would fly before a black man could ever be President; then swine flu!

[DoughtyOne]

How Swine Flu is Similar to Illegal Immigration

01. It crosses borders against our wishes
02. It will sap the resources of our federal, state, and local governments
03. It will cost each Citizen one way or another
04. It is destructive to our workers
05. It is destructive to our schools
06. It is destructive to our hospitals
07. It will cost some of our Citizens their lives, and injur many more
08. It will cause government officials to misuse their power
09. It is destructive to the rule of law, or at the very least, reasoned governance

[ConservativeStatement]

Update:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/05/flight_diverted_1.html

[xjcsa]

Why Boston? I thought Bangor,Maine was the choice place for problem arrivals.

Shoot, why not just continue to DC - it's not like the plane's going down, and I can't imagine an extra hour or so in the air is going to kill anyone after a transatlantic flight.

[Camerican]

Idiotic. When this over-hyped, over-discussed, over-managed “crisis” is over and done with, we’re going to discover that more people died from chronic halitosis during the same period than those who died from this flu.

It’s a FLU people!!!! If you get it, stay home, drink fluids, rest. THIS IS NOT THE BUBONIC PLAGUE!!!

[ConservativeStatement]

I’m not sure, though I would guess it will be explained later in the day. Recently, there was an Israel-bound flight diverted to Boston after an unruly passenger tried to get to the flight deck.

[Buckeye McFrog]

?? so they’d rather infect Boston than our precious ruling Royals inside the beltway?

[JD91]

Amen to that!

More people have died in car accidents in the time it took me to type this response, than will die from this entire “crisis”

[boxerblues]

Isn't this the second place headed for DC that they have tried to keep away, I believe the first plane was from Mexico City.

[Stormdog]

It’s a FLU people!!!! If you get it, stay home, drink fluids, rest. THIS IS NOT THE BUBONIC PLAGUE!!!

Amen.

[countess]

Shoot, why not just continue to DC - it's not like the plane's going down, and I can't imagine an extra hour or so in the air is going to kill anyone after a transatlantic flight.

Yes, she made it 8 hours, it seems like another hour wouldn't matter either way. Maybe her fever was very high or she was becoming incoherent. It costs a fortune to take off and land again. This is going to be hard on the airlines.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

It’s a FLU people!!!! If you get it, stay home, drink fluids, rest. THIS IS NOT THE BUBONIC PLAGUE!!!

Bubonic plague is relatively easy to treat now. A series of antibiotics and it's done.

[Vigilanteman]

Maybe the authorities just decided they would rather expose the people in Boston than the people in DC. Some swine are more equal than others after all.

[libertarian27]