A man who screamed "I have Ebola! You are all screwed!" on a flight was confronted by men wearing hazardous waste suits and oxygen masks when the plane landed.
The American - who had coughed and sneezed his way through a four-hour flight between Philadelphia and the Dominican Republic – panicked 200 passengers with his claim to have the deadly disease.
But what US Airways flight staff believe was a sick joke quickly turned into something far from funny as four officers kitted out in the the quarantine outfits boarded the plane at Punta Cana Airport.
A stewardess is heard to say to people aboard the flight: "I need your attention – this is going to look worse than it is."
Seconds later, the men in overalls board the Boeing 777 as passengers sitting near the man cover their faces.
The stewardess goes on to say that "after 30 years in the business" she is sure "this man is an idiot".
The unnamed 54-year-old passenger was escorted from the aircraft and was heard to protest: "I ain't from Africa. S***."
he man who sparked the panic did not have Ebola, according to officials.
Walter Zemialkowski, director of terminals and maintenance at the airport, said the passenger is believed to have the flu.
Paola Rainieri, a communications executive at Grupo Punta Cana which owns the airport, described the comment as a “joke of poor taste”.
She said: “We don’t know why he did it, but he thought it would be a cute joke that would not be so serious. Thankfully it was only a scare.”
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