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Alarm after vomiting passenger dies on flight from Nigeria to JFK
NY Post ^
| 10-16-2014
| Philip Messing and Laura Italiano
Posted on 10/16/2014 7:08:26 PM PDT by 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.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: ebola; ebolaairline; flight; jfk; lagos; marburg; marburgvirus; newyork; nigeria; passenger; virus; vomiting
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To: tcrlaf
Having to fly into JFK always makes me want to puke and die.
To: tcrlaf
Where’s the Kevin Bacon pic? Everybody stay calm.
We should have a travel ban to just stop foreigners from vomiting on our aircraft.
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:18:47 PM PDT
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: tcrlaf
Everyone assume crash positions!
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:19:01 PM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
To: bgill
But I didn’t have the salmon mousse.
44
posted on
10/16/2014 7:19:01 PM PDT
by
Mercat
(In Islam, making a ritual pilgrimage to Mecca is almost as sacred as beheading a screaming infidel.)
To: tbw2
There’s also an outbreak of Marburg virus, though I don’t know if that is in Nigeria. Nope that's in East Africa: Uganda.
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:19:11 PM PDT
by
Theophilus
(Be as prolific as you are pro-life.)
To: matt1234
The code word is FT (for fever/travel) so the jig is already up there.
To: John W
perhaps the nigerian was just really, REALLY, drunk:
REALLY drunk
47
posted on
10/16/2014 7:20:49 PM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
To: melissa_in_ga
Yes, or suffocation, something. Maybe even one of the other diseases that can cause much vomiting.
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:20:51 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: matt1234
I agree, we could have many more cases, not necessarily in the Dallas area, it is being hidden from the public.
To: tcrlaf
Could be some other disease from Africa...so we are safe.../s
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:21:28 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
To: tcrlaf
Nigeria is ebola-free.
They’ll have to do an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.
At this point, we don’t know why he died.
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:21:37 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Rusty0604
They cleared based on history and symptoms.
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:22:29 PM PDT
by
exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
To: Sarah Barracuda
“Hey, doesnt everyone get on board a flight and vomit themselves to death, totally common/sarc”
Well, there was that one time after a Nickleback Concert, but I survived.
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:22:38 PM PDT
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: tcrlaf
Yeah.. They immediately ruled out Ebola, because people puke and die on flights to JFK all the time, and there is no Ebola in Nigeria. REALLY?????????Really.
Not everything is Ebola, FRiend.
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:23:29 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them. We have no 'news media', only a Soviet Pravda.)
To: skeeter
Well he didn’t have a fever when he boarded... And he didn't have one when the plane landed either.
To: bgill
He had the fishYep. Here is a pic of him!
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:25:52 PM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
To: tcrlaf
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:25:58 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
To: bgill
Second Jive Dude: 'S'mofo butter layin' me to da' BONE! Jackin' me up... tight me! Jive Lady: He said that he's in great pain and he wants to know if you can help him.
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:26:09 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: DCBryan1
And they might need that, too, being from Africa, right?
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:26:23 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: tcrlaf
Lying through their teeth. They had a blood test kit for ebola on the plane?
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