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What NOT to say on a plane: American passenger bundled off U.S. to Dominican Republic flight by hazmat team after sneezing and joking 'I have Ebola!'

• Man sneezed, yelled 'I have Ebola!' on US flight to Dominican Republic

• Four Hazmat officers rushed onto US Airways plane from Philadelphia
• He was detained and taken for testing, exclaiming: 'I ain't been to Africa'
• 255 passengers forced to stay on board for two hours until he was cleared
• Punta Cana Airport bosses said he is 'unbalanced' and 'did it for attention'

By MIA DE GRAAF FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 18:13 EST, 9 October 2014 | UPDATED: 19:53 EST, 9 October 2014

A Hazmat team rushed on to a plane from Philadelphia in the Dominican Republic after a man sneezed and yelled: 'I have Ebola!'

The American passenger, who does not have Ebola, was detained by four officers and taken to the airport's medical center in Punta Cana as he declared: 'I ain't from Africa'.

The remaining 255 people were forced to stay on board for two hours until he was cleared, despite airline staff insisting they believed it was a poor-taste joke.
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Warning: A flight attendant warned passengers an 'idiot' had provoked them to call a Hazmat team on board



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Fears: Passengers on the US Airways flight from Philadelphia covered their faces as the officers investigated



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Detained: This is the man that sneezed and yelled 'I have Ebola!' as the four-hour flight neared Punta Cana

The incident on Wednesday came as the White House agreed to step up medical screening at hospitals across the nation after the first man diagnosed of Ebola in the US died.
Clad in blue protective overalls, four officers boarded the plane as passengers sat near the man covered their faces.

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The man had reportedly been sneezing and coughing through the four-hour US Airways flight - an early sign of the often fatal disease.

A video taken by one of the passengers in the middle of the Boeing 777 shows passengers standing up ready to leave before a flight attendant on a speakerphone tells everyone to sit down.
SHOCKING moment men in Ebola protection suits board plane







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Emergency measures: Security has been stepped up on American airlines after Thomas Eric Duncan brought Ebola to Dallas, Texas, from Liberia. He has since died and 10 people in touch with him are being monitored



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Taking no chances: Officials conceded that the incident seemed to be a hoax but they couldn't take a chance



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Questions: The 'unbalanced' man made the 'poor-taste joke' for attention, officials deduced in an interview



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Lengthy: The four Hazmat officers are videoed carefully ascertaining which passenger made the joke



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Ordered: He is then ordered out of his seat and taken for further questions and medical tests

She then started by explaining that 'after 30 years in the business' she is sure 'this man is an idiot'.

However, a team would be boarding the plane that 'looks scarier than it is'.

People filming the incident on their phones shouted 'boo!' at the unnamed passenger as he was forced to stand and remove his luggage from the overhead compartment before being escorted off the plane.

He then underwent intensive medical checks and interviews with airport officials to determine that he had been joking.



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'I ain't from Africa': The unnamed man is booed by his fellow passengers as he is escorted off the plane



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Hoax: His passport shows no signs of being in or near Africa, and the closest he came was a trip to Europe



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Waiting: His fellow passengers were forced to wait on board for two hours until he was cleared

'It was a false alarm set off by the passenger who is slightly unbalanced,' Alberto Smith, director of operations at Punta Cana Airport, told Acento.com.do.

He did not elaborate on what he meant by 'unbalanced'.

He added that the passenger 'did it for attention', and explained: 'His passport does not show any recent trips to Africa. The closest he came to the continent was in 2012 when he visited Europe.'



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Measures: Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic now follows CDC guidelines in a bid to ward off the disease

Walter Zemialkowski, director of terminals and maintenance at the airport, said the passenger is believed to have the flu.

Ten people, including seven healthcare workers and three family members, are considered at high risk for Ebola after they were exposed to Thomas Eric Duncan - the first US Ebola victim to be diagnosed in the country and die - after he became contagious.

Another 38 more are being monitors by the CDC for possible risk of the disease.

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