Six ambulances have surrounded a plane this morning at McCarran International Airport amid reports that a passenger on a *Delta flight from New York is showing symptoms similar to Ebola*, according to NBC3 local news.Delta Airlines Flight 404 at Terminal 1, Gate D40 is the focus of the medical response.
UMC officials say they have been placed on stand-by to receive patients.
Breaking: Passengers arriving in Las Vegas delayed exit from plane due to passenger(s) with fever. #Ebola #LasVegas pic.twitter.com/IbiQnGjoBy
— Jason Frank (@INTJerk) October 10, 2014
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Plane from NYC to Las Vegas surrounded by ambulances; reports of passengers with possible Ebola symptoms. #7News pic.twitter.com/FKVUSWkvmw
— jay svoboda (@jaysvoboda) October 10, 2014
Eyewitness report...
Currently on a plane stuck on a Las Vegas tarmac that flew out of JFK. They won't let us off the plane because of an ebola scare.
— Frank Esposito (@FBEsposito) October 10, 2014
Two sick passengers, woman and child, came from Africa and have a fever. They aren't from a country in Africa with an outbreak though.
— Frank Esposito (@FBEsposito) October 10, 2014
Passengers not showing any other symptoms other than the fever. CDC is now on the scene.
— Frank Esposito (@FBEsposito) October 10, 2014
Reported by Zero Hedge 4 hours ago.