Emirates plane quarantined at JFK after dozens of passengers fall sick

A plane has been quarantined at New York’s Kennedy Airport after dozens of passengers became ill aboard a flight from Dubai.

The Emirates flight landed around 9:10 a.m. this morning. The airline says the passengers were getting medical attention “as a precaution.”

Video from news helicopters shows the jet sitting on the tarmac surrounded by ambulances, vehicles and airport personnel.

Passengers were exiting the plane with their luggage and getting on to buses.

The New York City mayor's office says Emirates Flight 203 has been quarantined amid reports that at least 100 people are reported ill on a flight from Dubai that arrived at #JFK Airport.

Port Authority police & the CDC were waiting in a staging area to check passengers. pic.twitter.com/VAuEwLQJVa

— Voice of America (@VOANews) September 5, 2018

Representatives of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were on the scene.

A New York police counterterrorism division tweeted it appeared to be a “medical situation.”

— AP