Flight Bound for the US Forced to Land in Montreal Due to Ebola Travel Restrictions

Flight Bound for the US Forced to Land in Montreal Due to 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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An Air France flight destined for the United States was redirected to Montreal this week after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) barred it from entering the country due to restrictions associated with the deadly Ebola outbreak in two East Africa countries.

A passenger hailing from the Democratic Republic of Congo disembarked at Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport on May 20, the Public Health Agency of Canada said in a media statement.