Shocked airline passengers have been recovering after a terrifying Ebola scare which saw them quarantined for 90 minutes at a Scottish Airport.
More than 100 passengers on a London to Aberdeen flight were held on board the aircraft amid fears that a young girl had the deadly virus.
Specialist crews from the Scottish Ambulance Service wearing biohazard suits boarded the British Airways flight on landing at Aberdeen.
It happened after the pilot informed the authorities of a sick passenger on Sunday night.
The 10-year-old girl is believed to have started her journey in Nigeria, one of the countries which has been affected by the recent devastating Ebola outbreak.
The girl was examined at the scene by the specialist crews and taken by ambulance to Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital.
The youngster was examined by medical staff and found not to have the virus.
George Eady, duty manager for Aberdeen International Airport, said: “A young girl was violently sick on a flight from Heathrow.
“In any situation like this we enact our port health procedures to protect anyone on board and anyone meeting the flight.
A spokesman for British Airways said: “A passenger was taken unwell during a flight and the captain radioed ahead, as per standard procedure, asking for assistance.’
The Ebola scare is coming few hours after the evacuation from West Africa of a healthcare worker, William Pooley, on a Royal Air Force jet.
