An American passenger traveling to the Dominican Republic learned the hard way that Ebola jokes on airplanes are very, very frowned upon.
According to passengers onboard, the unidentified man traveling from Philadelphia to Punta Cana repeatedly coughed during the flight and yelled out, “I’ve been to Africa!,” and “I have Ebola,” just before US Airways flight 845 landed on the Caribbean island.
The “jokes” caused major concern and panic – so much so that once the plane landed, crews wearing blue hazmat suits boarded the plane (see video below) and the passenger was taken to the airport’s medical center for tests.
A Medical team verified that the passenger did not have a fever – a key early symptom of Ebola.
