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Plane carrying hantavirus-struck evacuee lands in Amsterdam

By AFP | 6mos ago

A person in a white hazmat suit (Centre R) disembarking a Bombardier Challenger 605 medical aircraft allegedly carrying some of the passengers believed to be infected with hantavirus from the cruise ship MV Hondius. [AFP]

A plane believed to be carrying a sick passenger from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrived in Amsterdam on Thursday, AFP reporters saw, after an emergency evacuation from the vessel off the Cape Verde coast.

The air ambulance landed at Schiphol Airport at 08:54 local time, according to an AFP reporter on the scene.

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