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*UPDATE*WABC-TV New York - 6 minutes ago
CDC boards airplane to check on passengers
Continental flight landed at Newark from Hong Kong
(Newark- WABC, March 26, 2007) - A Continental flight is at Newark Airport with reports of passengers ill on board.
Continental flight 98 is parked at Terminal C at Newark with 272 passengers aboard the flight.
The flight arrived just after 2pm from Hong Kong.
Eyewitness News has confirmed that representatives from the New Jersey State Health Dept are aboard the plane now evaluating the situation.
Continental airlines released the following statement:
Flight 98 departed Hong Kong at 11 a.m. today with 272 passengers on board. During the flight, the cabin crew noticed that several passengers appeared ill. Notification was made to health authorities in the U.S. The aircraft landed at Newark Liberty on time at approximately 2 p.m. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent a representative to meet the passengers before their disembarkation into Customs & Border Protection. At this time we do not have a medical assessment from CDC. It is believed that the ill passengers are part of a group of more than 80 tourists who sailed together on a river cruise in Asia. The final destination of the group, after transiting Newark, is Montreal, Canada. We will pass along additional pertinent information as it becomes available.
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