AUSTIN (KXAN) — A patient showing symptoms consistent with COVID-19 landed on a plane at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Saturday, a city spokesperson confirmed to KXAN.

It was a British Airways flight, and the spokesman could not confirm where the flight was coming from. An ABIA spokeswoman confirmed the British Airways flight landed in Austin from London Heathrow.

At last check, all the passengers were off the plane, including the patient, who was treated by Austin-Travis County EMS medics. A test for the virus was administered to the patient and the person will be quarantined.

The city spokesperson could not answer questions about why this particular case was being handled in the way it is or why the person was treated, other than the symptoms that were present.

Processes are in place if a plane that has a sick passenger on board lands in Austin and those passengers were expected to be briefed before leaving the aircraft.

The spokesperson wrote the following in an email to KXAN:

Per the AUS Communicable Disease Plan, passengers on an incoming flight with a possible patient are briefed by medical officials before exiting the aircraft. Health officials screen the possible patient away from the terminal. From there, AUS supports our local, state and federal partners on proper protocols. These could include additional screening of or communication with passengers.

An airport spokesperson said British Airways representatives were going to have the plane disinfected and it was expected to leave ABIA at 10:45 p.m.