{"id":338454,"date":"2026-05-21T18:16:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=338454"},"modified":"2026-05-21T18:16:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:46:37","slug":"air-france-flight-diverted-to-montreal-amid-u-s-ebola-travel-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/air-france-flight-diverted-to-montreal-amid-u-s-ebola-travel-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Air France flight diverted to Montreal amid U.S. Ebola travel restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span>By Aaron Sousa<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--noName\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-byline__datesWrapper\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__dates\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Posted May 21, 2026 8:21 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was diverted to Montreal after a passenger from the Democratic Republic of Congo boarded \u201cin error\u201d amid flight restrictions tied to the Ebola outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the agency says the passenger \u201cmustn&#8217;t have boarded\u201d the plane sure for Detroit resulting from U.S. entry restrictions put in place to cut back Ebola risk.<\/p>\n<p>Online plane tracker FlightAware showed the plane was en route from Paris to Detroit when it landed at Trudeau International Airport on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/healthiq.jpg\" alt=\"Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get weekly health news<\/h2>\n<p>Receive the most recent medical news and health information delivered to you each Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. border agency said it was taking \u201ccrucial measures\u201d to guard public health in co-ordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian health officials didn&#8217;t immediately return requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Air France said the passenger was denied entry into the U.S. resulting from recent regulations that travellers from certain countries, including the Congo, can enter only through Washington.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Canada<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Health officials are on alert as a deadly outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola called Bundibugyo ravages the Congo and neighbouring Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>Ontario\u2019s health ministry says one person has been tested for several infectious diseases, including Ebola, out of an abundance of caution resulting from the person\u2019s travel history.<\/p>\n<p>The Public Health Agency of Canada says samples are expected to reach on the National Microbiology Laboratory on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization has reported almost 600 suspected cases and 139 suspected deaths, though officials imagine the dimensions of the spread is way larger.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"l-article__copyright\">\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Aaron Sousa The Canadian Press Posted May 21, 2026 8:21 am Updated May 21, 2026 8:37 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase 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