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This plane and this happened. passengers say they were told to get tested for tuberculosis after a fellow passenger was taken off the plane in a face mask on saturday. us airways only saying the man had a medical condition so we re not sure if he definitely had the disease but this is what passengers were told. tuberculosis is a contagious bacterial infection that can spread through the air. so how can we protect ourselves? let s talk about it with dr. lee vinokur, board certified e.r. physician. doctor, people in lines, planes, everywhere you go is coughing these days. this is the season for that. what do you think it was about this person that alerted medical professionals that they needed to come on the plane and take him off with a mask on? well, i believe that in this case they did know about him. it was just it took a while. the cdc and public health officials sometimes can create lists of no-fly individuals and ....