Sick passenger detained at Miami airport

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER ^ | June 11, 2007 | Unknown

[3AngelaD]

MIAMI -- Authorities at Miami International Airport detained a sick passenger Monday who had been on a British Airways flight from London, but health experts determined that she was not contagious and did not have an infectious disease. The 45-year-old woman was believed to have a gastrointestinal illness and was being taken to a hospital, said Von Roebuck, a spokesman the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The woman had diarrhea and was vomiting, he said.

"They ruled out infectious disease," Roebuck said, but he did not elaborate.

Miami International Airport spokesman Marc Henderson said the other passengers on Flight 207 were let off the plane. Miami police and fire-rescue authorities responded to the airport, along with CDC officials, who saw the woman before she was taken to the hospital.

[3AngelaD]

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[johnny7]

My sympathies for the poor woman... and anyone who sat near her.

[3AngelaD]

But aren’t gastrointestinal illness contagious?

[Shermy]

Just a fluke occurence.

[colorado tanker]

They ruled out infectious disease, so it’s likely something she ate or drank.

[Red Badger]

Just a fluke occurence.

Maybe she had the chicken and not the fish!.......

[Screamname]

Well it could be either a virus or more likely she listened to a Hillary speech.

[BigFinn]

Sounds like a bleeding ulcer.

[johnny7]

Now there’s another thread with a woman coughing up blood!

[johnny7]

Now there’s another thread with a woman coughing up blood!

[G8 Diplomat]

Just a fluke occurence.

Could've been. Lung flukes (parasitic worms) are known to make you cough up blood.

[Ken H]

The 45-year-old woman was believed to have a gastrointestinal illness and was being taken to a hospital...

A hospital? What is it?

[CindyDawg]

Maybe it’s just the latest media buzz but it seems like a lot more people that might be sick are being detained and CDC is living at terminals. Are they on alert for something?

[yobid]

A big white building with sick people in it.....but that’s not important right now.........

[JFC]

Gross... That would be horrible to be that sick and be on a flight. I feel for all who were on the plane. That alone is reason I hate to fly.

[wayne_b24]

yes i remember ... i had the lasagna.

[wayne_b24]

bush’s fault - budget cutbacks, i’m sure.
yes!!

[pulaskibush]

The airplane shown in the footage on FoxNews says AeroMexico. Was the flight from Mexico?

[3AngelaD]

This story says British Air from London.