Nigerian physicians are being trained by the World Health Organization (WHO) on how to put on and remove personal protective equipment (PPE) to treat Ebola patients. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
A plane traveling to Detroit was diverted to Canada after a traveler from the Ebola-hit Democratic Republic of the Congo boarded the plane in error.
According to the WHO, there have been 600 suspected cases of the Ebola virus and 139 deaths reported across areas of the Congo, South Sudan, and Uganda.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson revealed that after learning an Air France flight had a passenger from the Congo, they immediately ordered the flight to be diverted from the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to the Montreal Trudeau International Airport.
The CDC previously announced all non-U.S. passport holders will be barred from entry into the U.S. if they have been in the Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan within the last three weeks.
The travel ban will be in effect for the next three weeks.
WOW: Ebola travel restrictions forced an Air France flight bound for Detroit to divert to Montreal after a passenger from the Congo boarded in Paris “in error.”
Fox News’ Dana Perino: “Homeland Security sending the plane to Montreal instead… The U.S. currently has travel… pic.twitter.com/5TSeeZ4sT9
— RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) May 21, 2026
Per NBC News:
An Air France flight bound for Detroit was redirected to Canada after a passenger from Congo boarded “in error” amid the Ebola outbreak in central Africa, officials said Wednesday.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said the agency took “decisive action” by prohibiting the flight from landing at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.
“Due to entry restrictions put in place to reduce the risk of the Ebola virus, the passenger should not have boarded the plane,” the CBP spokesperson said in a statement.
Montreal Trudeau International Airport directed request for comment to Air France, which confirmed that Flight 378 was diverted “at the request of U.S. authorities” after it departed Paris on Wednesday, landing in Montreal shortly after 5 p.m. ET.
“There was no medical emergency on board, and like all airlines, Air France is required to comply with the entry requirements of the countries it serves,” an Air France spokesperson said in a statement.
On Friday morning Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Africa.
Rubio shared his primary concern was to make sure no cases come to the United States and also raised concern over the WHO’s delayed response to the outbreak.
WATCH:
Rubio: “We can’t have ebola cases here. In fact, I think we had a flight last night headed to Detroit that was diverted.” pic.twitter.com/S84FmWIq5b
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 21, 2026
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