What if the CDC plane carrying the Ebola victims crashed on American soil?

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82. Information here about Ebola, transport, and transmission.

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What about ill Americans with Ebola who are being brought to the United States for treatment? How is CDC protecting the American public?
CDC has very well-established protocols in place to ensure the safe transport and care of patients with infectious diseases back to the United States. These procedures cover the entire process -- from patients leaving their bedside in a foreign country to their transport to an airport and boarding a non-commercial airplane equipped with a special transport isolation unit, to their arrival at a medical facility in the United States that is appropriately equipped and staffed to handle such cases. CDC's role is to ensure that travel and hospitalization is done to minimize risk of spread of infection and to ensure that the American public is protected. Patients were evacuated in similar ways during the SARS pandemic.
http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/guinea/qa.html
It will be obvious that this is a med transport plane. I would imagine the first responders will be a specialized unit.

if you want to be scared, think about how long Ebola stays active outside a host-
SURVIVAL OUTSIDE HOST: The virus can survive in liquid or dried material for a number of days. Infectivity is found to be stable at room temperature or at 4°C for several days, and indefinitely stable at -70°C (6, 20). Infectivity can be preserved by lyophilisation.
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/lab-bio/res/psds-ftss/ebola-eng.php