American passenger bundled off U.S. to Dominican Republic flight by hazmat team after sneezing and joking 'I have Ebola!'

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                       Warning: A flight attendant warned passengers an 'idiot' had provoked them to call a Hazmat team on board

Hazmat team rushed on to a plane from Philadelphia in the Dominican Republic after a man sneezed and yelled: 'I have Ebola!' dailymail. reports.
The American passenger, who does not have Ebola, was detained by four officers and taken to the airport's medical center in Punta Cana as he declared: 'I ain't from Africa'.
The remaining 255 people were forced to stay on board for two hours until he was cleared, despite airline staff insisting they believed it was a poor-taste joke.
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Emergency measures: Security has been stepped up on American airlines after Thomas Eric Duncan brought Ebola to Dallas, Texas, from Liberia. He has since died and 10 people in touch with him are being monitoredTaking no chances: Officials conceded that the incident seemed to be a hoax but they couldn't take a chance

She then started by explaining that 'after 30 years in the business' she is sure 'this man is an idiot'.
However, a team would be boarding the plane that 'looks scarier than it is'.
People filming the incident on their phones shouted 'boo!' at the unnamed passenger as he was forced to stand and remove his luggage from the overhead compartment before being escorted off the plane.
He then underwent intensive medical checks and interviews with airport officials to determine that he had been joking.

Lengthy: The four Hazmat officers are videoed carefully ascertaining which passenger made the jokeHoax: His passport shows no signs of being in or near Africa, and the closest he came was a trip to EuropeWaiting: His fellow passengers were forced to wait on board for two hours until he was cleared

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It was a false alarm set off by the passenger who is slightly unbalanced,' Alberto Smith, director of operations at Punta Cana Airport, told Acento.com.do.
He did not elaborate on what he meant by 'unbalanced'.
He added that the passenger 'did it for attention', and explained: 'His passport does not show any recent trips to Africa. The closest he came to the continent was in 2012 when he visited Europe.'




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