More Flights from Middle East Arrive With Ill Passengers

Two flights land in Philadelphia with multiple sick passengers.

nbcnews.com - by Dennis Romero - September 6, 2018

Twelve passengers arriving in Philadelphia from Saudi Arabia, where it's believed they had celebrated Hajj, were referred to medical professionals after exhibiting flu-like symptoms on their flight, officials said.

It was the second day in a row at a Mid-Atlantic airport that arriving passengers from the Middle East exhibited indications of illness.

On Wednesday a massive Emirates Airbus 380 that had arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport from Dubai was moved to an isolated location so passengers . . . could be screened.

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