Plane isolated at Madrid airport for Ebola
AP October 17, 2014, 5:42 am
Spanish authorities have isolated an Air France plane at Madrid's airport and activated emergency health procedures after a passenger's reported fever and shivers was treated as a suspected Ebola case.
A Spanish Airport Authority spokeswoman said the passenger jet had arrived in Madrid from Paris on Thursday.
She said the plane was taken to a special area of the airport and the passengers were being kept on board.
A health ministry spokeswoman said they were treating it as a suspected case of Ebola.
Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with the regulations of their respective offices.
The private Europa Press news agency said there were 183 passengers on the plane.
