Monday, October 20, 2014
Staff report
VIENNA
Authorities with the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport called in a hazardous-materials crew as a precaution after a man vomited on a flight Sunday night.
Dan Dickten, director of aviation with the airport, said a man vomited on an Allegiant Air flight and the plane landed at the airport at 6 p.m. He said authorities were notified, specifically Vienna Township police and fire, along with the Trumbull County hazmat team and the Youngstown Air Reserve Station.
He also called the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to let them know about the situation.
Dickten said it was “a precautionary move to call hazmat” and that someone was “using the Ebola word and it definitely was not.”
No runways were shut down during the time, and Dickten said once the plane was cleaned, passengers would board it for the next flight. He added airport officials were notified the man was sick.
“Everything’s fine and everything’s being cleaned up,” he said.