Five people with flu-like symptoms who were taken off an Emirates flight at Logan Airport Monday afternoon have been hospitalized, according to NECN reports.

NEW PHOTO: Hazmat crews enter Emirates flight at Boston's Logan Airport. Photo: Tracy Barahona http://t.co/4kpc9IfsM4 pic.twitter.com/WuX9dFrlrf — NECN (@NECN) October 13, 2014

WCVB’s Mary Saladna said three of the patients were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. The other two, according to NECN, were taken to Boston Medical Center.

None of the ill passengers had been to West Africa, Massport spokesman Matthew Brelis told The Boston Globe. The passengers were isolated out of an abundance of caution.

By Monday evening, the Boston Public Health Commission’s Infectious Disease Bureau determined that the paitients “do not meet the criteria for any infections of public health concern, including Ebola, meningococcal infection, or MERS.’’


The five were on board Flight 237, which arrived from Dubai at around 2:30 p.m. The plane was surrounded by emergency crews — some wearing Hazmat suits — and the sick passengers were taken off the plane. By 5:15 p.m., the rest of the passengers had deplaned as well.

Aerial views tweeted by NECN shows a medical team in Hazmat suits walking near the plane.