Passengers fall ill on two flights from Europe to Philadelphia

(Reuters) - Two days after the occurrence of a similar illness from Dubai to New York by the medical team, two flight passengers and crew screening arriving in Philadelphia from Europe on Thursday after 12 patients with symptoms of influenza

Document picture: An overview of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia on September 30, 2014. Reuters / Tami · Chapel / File Photos

As a precautionary measure, all 250 of the 250 American Airlines (AAL.O) flights from Munich and Paris were held for medical examination, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a spokesperson for Philadelphia International Airport ). Diane Gerace said

She said Thursday afternoon Flight 717 from Munich and Flight 755 from Paris Charles de Gaulle arrived in Philadelphia.

Benjamin Haynes, Disease Control and Prevention Center spokesman, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cooperated with Philadelphia health authorities, emergency responders, customs and border guards to assess whether patients suffer from influenza and other respiratory diseases Said.

"12 passengers from two flights complained of sore throat and cough Nobody found fever, passengers with serious diseases will be released within 24 hours and will inform the results of the test "Said Haynes.

He said that other passengers on both flights were allowed to continue to their destination, and added that the CDC will provide further information as the test results are confirmed.

American aviation spokesperson Leslie Scott said that neither airplane is isolated. She stated that the crew did not contact the medical staff before landing and reminded them that the patient is on board.

At Wednesday, when the plane landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, at least 19 people took off from Dubai with Emirates Airlines [EMIRA.UL] Double Decker Airbus 380.

10 of them received treatment at a local hospital. New York Mayor Bill De Bradio reporter chairman said Thursday that the test result confirmed influenza

"Although some tests are not conclusive about other viruses, this is pretty common," de Blasio spokesperson Eric Phillips said on Twitter and added that the test has been revalidated.

Phillips said: "Every 10 patients will be left at the hospital as a precautionary measure until we know the final outcome."

In addition, Houston's health authorities stated that they are investigating cases where people who developed measles during flight on the city's hobby airport on August 21 and 22 could expose other people to viruses It was.

Several flights, including Dubai flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport, have recently been isolated and 100 patients are carrying passengers. Most of the patients in flight were found to be suffering from influenza and other common respiratory diseases. One of the reasons for responding to this disease is the increase in the number of travelers after the recent pilgrimage to the origin of flight - Dubai - Saudi Arabia. At large conferences there is a growing risk of disease transmission, but since Saudi Arabia continues to erupt since the first discovery of the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS - CoV) in 2012, it is dangerous during pilgrimage Greater nature. Therefore, to understand the growing concerns of numerous passengers who are sick from this country

Since last autumn, Southwest Airlines' reliable flight passengers are generally aware of the sudden deterioration of on - time performance. More flights are delayed, more flights sit on the ground after the departure time, wait for passengers from late flights, and so on. Fortunately, for Southwest Airlines, airlines built a faithful repository from long-standing low-cost but effective service, so even if its on-time performance collapses, customer complaints statistics will not rise sharply It was. The airline obviously turned into a turnaround time to respond to the super turn time according to the problem "to schedule too many flights during the most popular departure time" - for passenger loading and unloading Reserved time - table