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Plane grounded after passenger causes Ebola scare

By Aileen Graef
Ebola is the cover story of all local newspapers on display at a deli near the apartment building of Dr. Craig Spencer, who has been diagnosed with the Ebola virus in New York City on October 24, 2014. Dr. Spencer, a volunteer with Doctors Without Borders and who had recently returned from Guinea, was admitted to Bellevue Hospital in New York yesterday. This is the first case of Ebola ever in New York City. (UPI/John Angelillo)
Ebola is the cover story of all local newspapers on display at a deli near the apartment building of Dr. Craig Spencer, who has been diagnosed with the Ebola virus in New York City on October 24, 2014. Dr. Spencer, a volunteer with Doctors Without Borders and who had recently returned from Guinea, was admitted to Bellevue Hospital in New York yesterday. This is the first case of Ebola ever in New York City. (UPI/John Angelillo) | License Photo

COLUMBIA, S.C., Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Medical personnel met with a plane in Columbia, South Carolina in response to an Ebola scare when a passenger got a nosebleed.

The passenger was on United Flight 5732 from Washington Dulles International Airport when they got a nosebleed. The pilot then, as a precaution, called for EMS to meet the plane at Columbia Metropolitan Airport.

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The passenger showed no symptoms and is said to be at extremely low risk of being infected with Ebola.

"After a preliminary interview with the pilot via the plane's radio equipment, the threat of Ebola was determined minimal and a team boarded the plane without the need for hazmat gear," the airport in a statement.

Around 50 passengers were on the jet.

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