T2 on high alert as seven Ebola flights arrive in city
By Aditya Anand & Jyoti Shelar
Mumbai Mirror
Aug 26, 2014
Seven flights carrying over 1,250 passengers – including 112 Indian expatriates – from Ebola-hit West African countries were to start landing in Mumbai starting 12.05 am on Tuesday.
On landing, the flights were to be taken to a remote bay isolated from the T2 terminal to prevent the possibility of the virus spreading. Though these are regular international arrivals that normally dock at aerobridges of T2, the seven flights operated by Ethiopian Airlines, Jet Airways, South African Airways, Etihad and Emirates will be diverted to the remote bay as they carry high-risk passengers.
All 1250-odd passengers on these seven flights will be examined by doctors at the step ladder as they disembark. Ambulances will be positioned on the tarmac to transfer affected persons to hospitals. Two more flights from these countries will land at Delhi, where too, officials said, precautionary measures are in place.
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