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No chances were being taken with an Air Canada flight arriving in Kamloops on Sunday afternoon, after a passenger fell ill part way through the journey.

While the passenger’s symptoms reportedly did not match those of COVID-19, health officials were brought on board as a precaution.

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Flight AC8425 departed Calgary Sunday afternoon and landed in Kamloops around 12:30 p.m. Passengers were held on board while officials checked over the patient.

According to a traveller who was on board the plane, flight attendants were seen speaking with a passenger seated mid-cabin throughout the flight. The passenger apparently reported nausea, vomiting and had been feeling ill for a few days.

“Upon landing, the captain announced that a passenger reported being sick and that out of an abundance of caution, they would hold everyone on board until medics arrived and could check the passenger,” said the traveller, who spoke to Postmedia after landing but who asked not to be identified using his full name.