Air France Flight Diverted to Montreal Amid US Ebola Travel Restrictions

Air France Flight Diverted to Montreal Amid US Ebola Travel Restrictions
Air France planes are parked on the tarmac at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, in Roissy, near Paris, on May 17, 2019. AP Photo/Christophe Ena
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection says an Air France flight bound for the United States was diverted to Montreal after a passenger from the Democratic Republic of Congo boarded “in error” amid flight restrictions tied to the Ebola outbreak.

A spokesperson for the agency says the passenger “should not have boarded” the plane bound for Detroit due to U.S. entry restrictions put in place to reduce Ebola risk.