A JetBlue airways imposed a ban of lifetime to a passenger, who flew from New York to Florida while awaiting test results for COVID-19.

JetBlue has imposed a lifetime ban on a passenger who flew with the coronavirus.

JetBlue airways imposed a ban of a lifetime to a passenger, who flew from New York to Florida while awaiting test results for COVID-19.

This news comes after JetBlue Flight 253, which arrived at Palm Beach International Airport (PBIA) on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m, was held on the tarmac for three hours while medical personnel helped to remove two elderly passengers. The rest of the flight’s 112 passengers were eventually allowed to leave the aircraft at 11:30 p.m.

In fact, The passenger did not know about the diagnosis before takeoff. The passenger got a text confirming a positive diagnosis while in-flight and notified the crew once the plane landed.

Once the plane landed, at that point the passenger told the plane’s crew, hey, just so you know- I just learned this.

This involved a passenger flying from New York (which, by the way, has the most confirmed coronavirus cases in the US at this point) to West Palm Beach on Wednesday night. JetBlue did not take kindly to the passenger’s actions potentially putting its staff in harm’s way and instituted a lifetime ban.

As the JetBlue said in a statement;

“Last night’s event put our crewmembers, customers, and federal and local officials in an unsettling situation that could have easily been avoided, and as such, this customer will not be permitted to fly on JetBlue in the future,”

However, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey immediately used security camera footage to begin cleaning areas this passenger went through to board his plane, including gates, elevators, and restrooms.

In West Palm Beach, the Palm Beach International Airport is operating normally, though it temporarily shut down Concourse A to be cleaned, because that’s where passengers aboard this particular flight went through after deplaning.