This is the one thread I hoped I would never see on FR....
Smallpox is some scary sh!t..
An EVA Airlines Boeing 747 has been detained at Sea-Tac Airport due to a report of a possible contaminant on board.
The plane was en route from Taiwan to Newark, with a scheduled stop in Seattle. The plane landed at 1:11 p.m. It was supposed to leave Sea-Tac for New York at 1:30 p.m.
An anonymous tip to U.S. Customs officials at JFK Airport in New York led authorities to suspect there was someone or something on board that might carry a contaminant.
The plane is at a gate but the jetway is not connected to the plane's door, pictures from Chopper 7 show.
There are 157 passengers and 14 crew members on board, an FAA spokeswoman tells KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.
A Sea-Tac spokesman says other airport operations are normal.