Page 7 - ARUBA TODAY

A7
U.S. NEWS Thursday 6 sepTember 2018

Jet quarantined in New York

after reports of sick passengers

NEW YORK (AP) — A com- but she added that “many, ed on the tarmac for sev-
mercial jet from Dubai many” others were show- eral minutes before pas-
prompted a large-scale ing signs of illness. sengers began to emerge.
emergency response at “Very intense coughing. Vi- Those who were cleared
New York’s Kennedy Air- olently sick. Going into the were put on buses to get to
port on Wednesday after bathroom a lot,” she said the terminal.
a pilot reported that sev- when asked to describe A traveler in the business
eral passengers and crew the scene. section of the aircraft,
members were complain- By afternoon, there were Raghida Dergham, said in
ing about having a flu-like still conflicting reports an interview that sick pas-
illness. about how many people sengers were in a “lower
The Emirates flight arriving were sick and unanswered level” economy section of
at 9:10 a.m. with 520 pas- questions about the cause. the plane.
sengers was swarmed by The airline said about 10 “I feel great. I feel fine,”
police vehicles and am- passengers needed medi- she said. “Nobody was
bulances and immediately cal attention “as a pre- alarmed. ... It was handled Passengers leave an Emirates airplane at New York’s Kennedy
Airport amid reports of ill passengers aboard a flight from Dubai
quarantined for an assess- caution,” while the CDC very well.” on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018.
ment by the U.S. Centers said about 100 of the 520 But other passengers said Associated Press
for Disease Control and people aboard the plane they suspected that some
Prevention. Passenger Erin were being evaluated af- passengers were sick be-
Sykes posted video of of- ter complaining of illness, fore they got on the plane
ficials wearing masks and including cough and fever. and that the airline should
gloves taking the tempera- A spokesman for Mayor Bill have done more to protect
ture of passengers on the de Blasio said 10 people others.
tarmac. were hospitalized and an- “Why did they allow them
In an interview, Sykes said other eight were being on the flight? ... I sat with
she saw a few passengers treated at the airport. them for 13 hours. If it’s a vi-
being taken off the plane Video from news helicop- rus, we’re all getting sick,”
first for medical attention, ters showed the jet strand- Srinivasa Rao said.q

Hard alcohol ban ordered for

most U.S., Canada fraternitiesa

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A chapters and events, un- State University last year.
ban intending to clamp less it is served by licensed Alcohol abuse and “its se-
down on hard liquor at third-party vendors, the rious consequences en-
frat house parties following group said Tuesday. danger” fraternities’ core
pledge deaths last year has The rule was adopted Aug. values of brotherhood, per-
been ordered for most fra- 27 in a “near-unanimous sonal development and
ternities in the United States vote” and must be imple- providing a community of
and Canada, unless the mented by Sept. 1, 2019, support, said Judson Hor-
drinks are served by some- conference spokeswom- ras, president and CEO of
one with a liquor license.All an Heather Kirk said in an the Carmel, Indiana-based
international and national emailed release. The group conference. “This action
fraternities of the North- has more than 6,100 chap- shows fraternities’ clear
American Interfraternity ters on 800 campuses. commitment and leader-
Conference have a year Authorities say fraternity ship to further their focus on
to prohibit drinks with an pledges suffered alcohol- the safety of members and
alcohol content of 15 per- related deaths at Louisiana all in our communities,”
cent or more from fraternity State University and Penn Horras said.q