Hajj Plane From UAE Boarded By Officials in Hazmat Suits At Logan Airport in Boston

BIDMC patient, Logan passengers all Ebola free

A man first suspected of having symptoms consistent with Ebola has now been ruled Ebola-free.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he was being held, released the following statement Monday night, "As you are aware, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center accepted in transfer on Sunday evening a patient who had reported traveling from Liberia. Our evaluation is now complete and we have determined with certainty the patient does not have Ebola Virus Disease. The patient remains in good condition."

The Boston Public Health Commission also said in a statement Monday night that the passengers transported from Logan International Airport to various Boston hospitals this afternoon do not have Ebola.

BPHC said, "After discussions with out partner hospitals Boston Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital, the Boston Public Health Commission's Infectious Disease Bureau has determined that the patients who arrived on United Emirates Flight No. 237 at Logan International Airport do not meet the criteria for any infections of public health concern, including Ebola, MERS or meningococcal infection."

AND THEN THERE'S THIS:

HOLY SHIT! As if plane passengers didn't have enough to worry about...

Passenger heard popping noises from outside plane

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Texas man who was on the American Airlines flight that made an emergency landing after some of the cabin's wall panels cracked loose says passengers knew there was a problem soon after the plane took off from San Francisco.

James Wilson, an amateur race car driver returning from a competition in Northern California, said they felt the fuselage violently shaking and heard popping noises coming from the outside of the Boeing 757 as Flight 2293 made its initial ascent on Monday.

Wilson says people sitting toward the middle of the plane then screamed for the flight attendants to come as they watched the interior panels pull apart on both sides of the plane.

He says the captain decided to keep heading to Dallas for another 45 minutes until he came back and saw the damage for himself.