US Plane Quarantined Over Mystery Illness
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - California officials quarantined a
plane on a flight from Tokyo on Tuesday after four people
reported symptoms of the pneumonia-like virus spreading in Asia
that has killed 63 people, an airport spokeswoman said.
The plane, American Airlines Flight 128, remained on the
tarmac of the San Jose International Airport nearly an hour
after landing because the four reported feeling symptoms of the
SARS illness, said spokeswoman Cathy Gaskell.
A total of 200 people were on board. Health officials are
trying to determine what to do next, she said.
"We had five passengers that transferred onto that flight
from Hong Kong. Four are expressing that they have symptoms of
the SARS, two of which are airline employees," she said.
"The pilot on the inboard flight requested to quarantine
the aircraft until they could decide what to do with it,"
Gaskell said.
The outbreak that has infected almost 1,900 people started
in the southern part of China late last year before showing up
in Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam, Canada, Germany and elsewhere
in recent weeks.
Deaths have been reported in Hong Kong, Vietnam, Canada,
Singapore and Thailand.
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