Is this just an early forecast of the flu season ahead or something else? Reports of passengers with heavy coughs and obvious illness are coming from fellow passengers who were on the flights. The two most recent incidences happened at the Philadelphia Airport (see below) where two planes with passengers returning from the religious pilgrimage “Hajj” in Saudi Arabia became sick:

NEW PASSENGERS ILLNESSES: The CDC was waiting at the Philadelphia airport when two separate flights arrived from overseas with passengers complaining of flu-like symptons – just a day after a flight from Dubai was quarantined at JFK airport in New York. @EvaPilgrim reports. pic.twitter.com/PM2JoHZTMt — World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) September 7, 2018

“Hajj” brings together thousands of Muslims for a religious pilgrimage so it’s no wonder that many people together in one place might be a catalyst for spreading illness…The CDC is investigating this and will have a report in 24 hours…

Emirates airline has claimed that ten passengers have been removed from a quarantined flight at the John F. Kennedy International Airport despite numerous reports of 100 passengers falling ill.

The double decker A380 aircraft, which was traveling from Dubai to New York City, landed at the Queens airport Wednesday morning shortly after 9am.

Initial reports said up to 100 passengers fell ill, but a statement from Emirates put that number at just 10.

SPUTNIK – A passenger plane had been quarantined in an airport in Perpignan, France, on suspicion of a cholera infection on board.

The plane with 141 people onboard, including five children, had been blocked since 1:50 p.m. local time after it had arrived from Algeria.

According to preliminary data, upon arrival, a crew member signaled that one of the passengers, reportedly a child, was ill. The authorities immediately took the child and his mother into the airport for treatment. The other passengers were asked to disinfect their hands.

Cholera is a highly contagious infection that can be transferred by contact with contaminated food or water.

AND NOW TWO MORE FLIGHTS:

From CBS Philly

And Newsweek: