An Air France flight bound for Detroit, Michigan, was diverted after a passenger from the Congo boarded the plane “in error” amid an Ebola outbreak in the country.
“The passenger should not have boarded the plane,” Customs and Border Protection told the Washington Examiner.
The flight was diverted to Montreal, Canada. The passenger mistakenly boarded the flight in Paris.
WHO CALLS THE LATEST EBOLA OUTBREAK ‘DEEPLY CONCERNING’: WHAT TO KNOW
Customs and Border Protection said it’s working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to “protect public health and reduce the risk of Ebola disease introduction into the United States.”
It comes days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention imposed new travel restrictions to reduce Ebola risk, as the outbreak grows in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.