A plane traveling to Detroit was diverted to Canada after a traveler from the Ebola-hit Democratic Republic of the Congo boarded the plane in error.
According to theWHO, there have been 600 suspected cases of the Ebola virus and 139 deaths reported across areas of the Congo, South Sudan, and Uganda.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson revealed that after learning an Air France flight had a passenger from the Congo, they immediately ordered the flight to be diverted from the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to the Montreal Trudeau International Airport.
TheCDCpreviously announced all non-U.S. passport holders will be barred from entry into the U.S. if they have been in the Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan within the last three weeks.
The travel ban will be in effect for the next three weeks.
WOW: Ebola travel restrictions forced an Air France flight bound for Detroit to divert to Montreal after a passenger from the Congo boarded in Paris “in error.”
Fox News’ Dana Perino: “Homeland Security sending the plane to Montreal instead… The U.S. currently has travel…pic.twitter.com/5TSeeZ4sT9
— RedWave Press (@RedWavePress)May 21, 2026
An Air France flight bound for Detroit was redirected to Canada after a passenger from Congo boarded “in error” amid the Ebola outbreak in central Africa, officials said Wednesday.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said the agency took “decisive action” by prohibiting the flight from landing at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.
Source: The Gateway Pundit
