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Divernan

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16. Frontier Jet That Carried Ebola Patient Made Five More Flights
Thu Oct 16, 2014, 02:24 AM
Oct 2014

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]Frontier Jet That Carried Ebola Patient Made Five More Flights
Source: LA TIMES

The Frontier Airlines jet that carried a Dallas healthcare worker diagnosed with Ebola made five additional flights after her trip before it was taken out of service, according to a flight-monitoring website.

Denver-based Frontier said in a statement that it grounded the plane immediately after the carrier was notified late Tuesday night by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about the Ebola patient.

Flight 1143, on which the woman flew from Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth, was the last trip of the day Monday for the Airbus A320. But Tuesday morning the plane was flown back to Cleveland and then to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., back to Cleveland and then to Atlanta and finally back to Cleveland again, according to Daniel Baker, chief executive of the flight-monitoring site Flightaware.com.

He said his data did not include any passenger manifests, so he could not tell how many total passengers flew on the plane Tuesday
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Read more: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-frontier-airline-ebola-patient-20141015-story.html
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Easy. zappaman Oct 2014 #1
I don't know PAProgressive28 Oct 2014 #2
good old clorox (chlorine bleach) Kali Oct 2014 #3
Bleach is corrosive, but cheap. Any hospital grade disinfectant will do. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #10
There is a machine that emits a special light.... Uben Oct 2014 #4
It's an ultraviolet light. Daemonaquila Oct 2014 #5
Yes, I think I saw the same robot-type machine they have used for years, Frustratedlady Oct 2014 #7
Since it can only live for so long outside of the body, leaving those areas alone for safe period ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #6
Latex gloves, disposable paper towels, hospital grade disinfectant. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #8
Investors share your concerns; airline stocks dropping. Divernan Oct 2014 #9
Quite a huge puzzle, isn't it? Frustratedlady Oct 2014 #11
Frontier Jet That Carried Ebola Patient Made Five More Flights Divernan Oct 2014 #16
Go to the WEBSITES! My God FEMA has information, CDC has information rustydog Oct 2014 #12
I, for one, am not in panic-mode, I'm just curious. Frustratedlady Oct 2014 #14
Asking logical questions doesn't equal panic;burying one's head in the sand does. Divernan Oct 2014 #18
Do forgive me for not relying on underfunded, understaffed & hyper-defensive CDC Divernan Oct 2014 #20
For porous material, foams, fabrics, lots of nooks and crannies, etc... pugetres Oct 2014 #13
Thanks, interesting. eom Frustratedlady Oct 2014 #15
Extremely expensive for airlines:they won't do it unless forced to by govt. regs or public demand Divernan Oct 2014 #19
Bleach, mostly. And sunlight if practical Recursion Oct 2014 #17
Copious amounts of chlorine TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #21
Alcohol or bleach from what I understand work wonders on Ebola. Live and Learn Oct 2014 #22
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