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Airlines agree to screen JFK-bound passengers from Britain for COVID-19
Passengers arrive on a flight from London amid new restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at JFK International Airport in New York City, on Dec 21, 2020. (Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)
22 Dec 2020 07:25AM (Updated:
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NEW YORK: British Airways, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic said on Monday (Dec 21) they will allow only passengers who test negative for the coronavirus to fly to New York s John F Kennedy International Airport.
Print article WASHINGTON - The new, mutation-laden variant of the coronavirus that has been spreading rapidly in the United Kingdom may already be circulating in the United States and other countries, leading infectious-disease experts said Monday. There is no evidence that this variant causes more severe illness from covid-19, the disease that can be caused by the novel coronavirus. And scientists do not know with certainty whether this variant, officially known as B.1.1.7, is truly more transmissible. But it has the appearance of being so. “We don’t know that for absolutely certain, but it is reasonable to assume that is going on,” Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Monday.
2 passengers open Delta flight cabin door and slide out of moving plane with a dog at LaGuardia
Two passengers aboard a Delta flight bound for Atlanta opened a cabin door and activated the slide to exit the plane while it was taxiing out to a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Monday morning, Delta spokesman Morgan Durrant told CNN.
The New York Times reported the two passengers involved are in custody and that a large service dog also deplaned with them.
After they exited the plane, the aircraft returned to the gate and deplaned customers normally, Durrant said.
He told CNN the airline was able to accommodate the remaining passengers on alternate flights.
Two passengers aboard a Delta flight bound for Atlanta opened a cabin door and activated the slide to exit the plane while it was taxiing to a runway at New York s LaGuardia Airport Monday morning, Delta spokesman Morgan Durrant told CNN. After they exited the plane, the aircraft returned to the gate and deplaned customers normally, Durrant said. He said the airline was able to accommodate the remaining passengers on alternate flights. Maintenance technicians have evaluated the aircraft and is scheduled to return to service this evening, Durrant said. In a statement to CNN, the Federal Aviation Administration said the two passengers who opened the emergency exit door and slid out have been arrested by law enforcement.
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