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Officials say the sick passenger on a plane in Las Vegas does NOT have Ebola.
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Report: Plane isolated in Las Vegas after Ebola concerns, all clear given
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By KTAR.com, | October 10, 2014 @ 12:35 pm
PHOENIX -- Authorities in Las Vegas reportedly isolated a plane at McCarran International Airport on Friday after a passenger complaint prompted an Ebola concern.
Passenger on the flight, Frank Esposito and Sasha Sabapathy, were giving play by play accounts of the situation on their Twitter accounts.
They said the Delta Airlines flight from New York City to Las Vegas was detained after two passengers said they were feeling ill.
After nearly two hours passengers were allowed off the plane and all was cleared.
We are being allowed off the plane and there's no follow up necessary with the CDC. Patients DID NOT have an infectious disease.
— Frank Esposito (@FBEsposito) October 10, 2014
Sasha had made everyone aware in the time leading up to being given the OK to get off the plane.
Ok so @Delta just told us the sick person just came from Africa. This is def an Ebola scare. No one will say Ebola tho it's like Voldermort
— Sasha Sabapathy (@sashasab) October 10, 2014
Now it's two people from Africa who have fevers. No one knows if they have Ebola and we have to stay on this infected plane. Cheers @Delta
— Sasha Sabapathy (@sashasab) October 10, 2014
Sabapathy said authorities were on the scene, but passengers were not kept well-informed.
CDC is refusing to make any decisions as to what happens with us or the two sick people. We are getting regular updates of "No new news".
— Sasha Sabapathy (@sashasab) October 10, 2014
She said she was on the plane with her boss, Frank Esposito, who was also keeping the Internet posted on the situation.
Pilot said screening for the 2 patients was "encouraging" and it doesn't seem like it's an ebola case. CDC doesn't know what to do with us.
— Frank Esposito (@FBEsposito) October 10, 2014
Based on Sabapathy's tweets, the plane was detained more than an hour.