13 American Airlines passengers were hospitalized after becoming ill
- Thirteen teenagers aged 15 to 17 were hospitalized after becoming ill on an American Airlines flight from Miami, Florida, to Boston, Massachusetts.
- Teens were part of a group that returned to Boston from Ecuador and had eaten at the same restaurant the night before. A total of 16 people reported.
- Spokeswoman Samantha Decker from the Massachusetts Port Authority said the passenger's symptoms seemed mild.
- No crew members or passengers outside the group tour were ill under the plane.
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Thirteen teenagers became hospital after becoming ill on an American Airlines flight from Miami, Florida, to Boston, Massachusetts, on Sunday.
Boston EMS officials said in a statement on Twitter that they transported 1[ads1]3 patients from the Boston Logan International Airport to Massachusetts General Hospital at 9:20 pm, all with minor symptoms.
The teens, between the ages of 15 and 17, were part of a group of about 40 people who returned from a student trip to Ecuador, Fox News reported. The group had a connection flight in Miami.
A spokesman from American Airlines told Fox News that the students had eaten at the same restaurant in Ecuador the night before.
Spokeswoman Samantha Decker from the Massachusetts Port Authority told the Associated Press that a total of 16 passengers had been ill on the plane.
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Decker said the passenger's symptoms seemed mild and had no further information on what that caused the disease.
CBS Boston reported that the victims complained of symptoms of gastric fungus. No crew members or passengers outside the student group reported symptoms.
at 3:00 am On Sunday, at least five patients had been released from the hospital in good condition, and emergency personnel had cleared the plane to fly again.
