Alarm after vomiting passenger dies on flight from Nigeria to JFK

NY Post ^ | 10-16-2014 | Philip Messing and Laura Italiano

[tcrlaf]

A plane from Nigeria landed at JFK Airport Thursday with a male passenger aboard who had died during the flight after a fit of vomiting — and CDC officials conducted a “cursory” exam before announcing there was no Ebola and turning the corpse over to Port Authority cops to remove, Rep. Peter King said on Thursday.

The congressman was so alarmed by the incident — and by what he and employees see as troubling Ebola vulnerabilities at JFK — that he fired off a letter to the federal Department of Homeland Security demanding more training and tougher protocols for handling possible cases there.

The unnamed, 63-year-old passenger had boarded an Arik Air plane out of Lagos, Nigeria, on Wednesday night, a federal law enforcement source said.

During the flight, the man had been vomiting in his seat, the source said. Some time before the plane landed, he passed away. Flight crew contacted the CDC, federal customs officials and Port Authority police, who all boarded the plane at around 6 a.m. as about 145 worried passengers remained on board, the source said.

[wattojawa]

well there is this still currently not approved 15 minute Ebola test perhaps the CDC is using it despite that

http://wgno.com/2014/10/13/tulane-doctor-developing-new-test-for-ebola-thats-quick-safer/

[daniel1212]

This one is too much!

[metmom]

Heart attacks can induce vomiting.

[Elsie]

Is this yet another C vs P thread??