BOSTON — A pair of flights landed in Boston on Sunday afternoon with some crew members or passengers “complaining of illness,” prompting officials to notify the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A spokesperson for the Massachusetts Port Authority, which owns and operates Boston’s Logan International Airport, said the sick passengers were on Delta and Avianca flights that landed in the city “around the same time.”
“It’s possible that the high winds impacted the flights, but I couldn’t say that for sure,” the spokesperson said in a statement shared with Boston 25 News. “We reached out to the CDC out of an abundance of caution.”
At least two of the ill passengers were taken to the hospital after landing, according to the spokesperson.
In a statement to Boston 25 on Monday afternoon, a Delta spokesperson said no customers reported illness on Delta Flight 225 traveling from Paris to Boston, but two of Delta’s flight crew members on the aircraft sought medical attention after not feeling well.
Details of their illness were not known Monday. However, the Delta spokesperson said there was no public health authority involvement and the two flight attendants were evaluated by EMTs upon arrival to Boston. There were no delays or cancellations as a result.
Boston 25 News has also reached out to Avianca airlines for additional information.
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