An Air France flight en route to Detroit on Wednesday we re routed to Montreal due to a Congolese passenger being denied entry to the United States. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo
May 21 (UPI) -- An Air France flight bound for the United States was diverted to Canada after a passenger on board was determined to be from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where health officials are battling an Ebola outbreak, according to reports.
Flight 378 departed Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport at 3:42 p.m. CEST Wednesday for Detroit, but landed at Montreal Trudeau International Airport at 5:15 p.m. EDT, according to air traffic monitoring website FlightAware.
A Customs and Border Patrol spokesperson told Detroit's WXYZ that the flight was diverted due to entry flight restrictions barring entry to non-citizens who have been within the DRC, Uganda or South Sudan in the past 21 days.
"CBP took decisive action and prohibited the flight carrying that traveler from landing at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, and instead, diverted to Montreal Canada," the spokesperson said, adding that Air France had boarded the passenger "in error."
