Air France Flight Turned Away From U.S. Airspace and Diverted to Canada Over Suspected Ebola-Linked Passenger

An Air France Boeing 777-200 operating a scheduled service from Paris to Detroit has been denied entry to U.S. airspace and forced to divert to Montreal, in what is emerging as a direct consequence of sweeping new American travel restrictions linked to a deadly Ebola outbreak in Central and East Africa.

Air France Flight Turned Away From U.S. Airspace and Diverted to Canada Over Suspected Ebola-Linked Passenger. An Air France Boeing 777-200 operating a scheduled service from Paris to Detroit has been denied entry to U.S. airspace and forced to divert to Montreal, in what is emerging as a direct consequence of sweeping new American travel restrictions linked to a deadly Ebola outbreak in Central and East Africa. Flight AF-378, which departed Paris Charles de Gaulle at approximately 4 pm on Wednesday, was diverted to Montreal Trudeau International Airport, where it was expected to touch down at 5:30 pm local time. The aircraft was carrying up to 312 passengers. According to a passenger on board, travelling on a Delta Air Lines codeshare with Air France, the pilots announced to those on board that "US authorities are not allowing us to land...