there s some very anxious travelers coming in to the international rivals hall here at philly international. many of those passengers asking the same questions. is it save to fly? is my plane that i travel in, how often is it cleaned? well, we tried to answer some of the those questions. we can tell you each airline is responsible for the cleanliness of its aircraft and although they are given minor cleanings between each flight, as a guideline the interiors of airplanes are wiped down and disinfect once every 30 days or 100 flight hours and that is just the suggestion we have not seen any travelers wearing those protective masks as we ve seen in other airports around the country, around the world. we did speak with several international travelers who have arrived here recently from west africa including one woman who is traveling back to uganda next week. i understand people s hitter yes but i think when you just don t prepare properly, you know, i happen to have a bad cou
inches of rain. we will get you over to chief meteorologist scott williams in just a moment. first a bombshell breaking tonight in the fight against ebola. cdc officials now confirm to our station in dallas they told a health care worker she can get on a plane even with a fever. good evening, i m lucy noland. i m iain page this is 29 year old amber vincent leaving dallas boarding a private fight to atlanta. she arrived a short timing a walking into emory university hospital where she will be treated in the elation unit. doctors say she s a nurse who helped treat the liberian man who died from the virus last week. vincent drew his blood and changed his catheter among other things. she says she called the cdc several times on monday asking if she was okay to get on a commercial airplane with a low grade temperature of 99.5. the cdc said yes, because it didn t meet their threshold of 1000.4. earlier today, the cdc said otherwise. she was in a group of individuals known to
week. vincent drew his blood and changed his catheter among other things. she says she called the cdc several times on monday asking if she was okay to get on a commercial airplane with a low grade temperature of 99.5. the cdc said yes, because it didn t meet their threshold of 1000.4. earlier today, the cdc said otherwise. she was in a group of individuals known to have exposure to ebola. she would not have traveled on a commercial airline. vincent took frontier airlines light 3743 from cleveland to dallas on monday. she had been visiting her mom to get ready for her upcoming wedding. all 132 passengers on that frontier flight are asked to contact cdc right away. any deemed quote at risk will be monitored. the plane is out of service tonight but the airline says it was disinfected twice. fox 29 s chris o connell live at the airport tonight. chris, where some travelers we can imagine are concerned. reporter: iain, as just heard, that dallas nurse was cleared to fly by
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