AirTran Flight From Cancun Detained At BWI Over Flu Concern
US News • April 2009 • Views: 371
The two men were isolated and examined, said David Paulson, director of communications for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters said they simply had too much to drink.
They did not have respiratory distress that is a symptom of swine flu, Paulson said.
They refused treatment, and they and the other passengers were allowed to leave the plane after being detained less than an hour.