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BY NOAH COHEN
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
An American Airlines flight from Newark to Dallas was delayed for two hours Tuesday morning after a passenger vomited and members of the passenger's family reported feeling sick.
Flight No. 1485 returned to the gate and officials from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were called in along with emergency medical workers.
"There was one sick passenger who had mild gastrointestinal illness with possibly some dehydration," said Christine Pearson, a CDC spokeswoman.
Other members of the sick person's family were also on board and taken by ambulance to University Hospital in Newark for evaluation. The CDC will seek follow up information from the hospital but does not plan to investigate further, Pearson said.The plane was scheduled to leave at 9:20 a.m. from Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport and arrive at 12:20 p.m. in Dallas Fort Worth International Airport but was delayed until 11:19 a.m. and landed at 1:26 p.m., according to American Airlines flight information.
American Airlines spokesman Ned Raynolds said the plane was not evacuated or cleaned because medical staff did not feel there was a threat to other passengers. He said the family arrived sick on a Continental Airlines flight from Paris. The Star-Ledger reported the family was from Pakistan and had arrived in the area from Paris on Monday.
A message seeking comment from Continental was not immediately returned.
The cause of the illness and condition of the family remained unclear late Tuesday.
