10 passengers in hospital; Emirates flight quarantined

New York: About 100 people were reported sick in the Emirates Flight 203, which landed in JFK Airport around 9:30 am today

The Airbus 380 was carrying around 500 people, the NY Daily News reported.
Sources told the Daily News that 10 people — seven crew members and three passengers — were taken to Jamaica Hospital with flu-like symptoms. Another 90 people who might also have taken ill were evaluated on the plane.

‘All we have been told is that some passengers have fallen ill and we should remain in our seats,’ passenger Larry Coben posted to Twitter. Coben shared images of ambulances and police vehicles arriving outside the plane, and the crew leaving the plane while passengers waited in their seats.

FDNY EMS crews, the Port Authority Police and officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention responded to the scene. The Airbus A380 was moved to an area away from a terminal and quarantined, while an investigation continues into what caused the flu-like symptoms — coughing, fever, nausea — and how it spread so fast.

The CDC said the plane stopped in Saudi Arabia after departing from Dubai.
ABC reported that the passengers became ill with fevers over 100 degrees and coughing.
‘Emirates can confirm that about 10 passengers on EK203 from Dubai to New York were taken ill,’ the airline wrote on social media. ‘On arrival, as a precaution, they were attended to by local health authorities. All others will disembark shortly. The safety & care of our customers is our first priority.’

The FAA said, “Emirates 203, an Airbus A380, landed safely at John F. Kennedy International Airport at 9:10 a.m. after declaring a medical emergency. The flight originated in Dubai.”

Flyer Erin Sykes said some passengers appeared ill even before departing Dubai.
“People were sick before we even took off from Dubai. Like really nasty colds. I asked stewardess for a mask before we even took off but there were none,” she tweeted.
CDC personnel had entered the plane shortly after its arrival and were handing out intake forms, passengers tweeted.

At about 10:40 a.m., Coben posted that he had left the plane and his temperature was being taken.