The passenger should not have boarded the aircraft due to “entry restrictions put in place to reduce the risk of the Ebola virus,” a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said.
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May 21, 2026, 6:40 AM GMT+2
By Joe Kottke and Alex Lo
An Air France flight bound for Detroit was redirected to Canada after a passenger from the Democratic Republic of Congo boarded “in error” amid the Ebola outbreak in central Africa, officials said Wednesday.
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