Detroit-bound flight diverted to Canada over Ebola risk

Name: Detroit-bound flight diverted to Canada over Ebola risk
Uploaded: 2026-05-21T02:15:23Z
Duration: 4 min 40 s
Description: On Wednesday, a flight from Charles de Gaulle diverted its course from DTW to Montreal. On the flight was a passenger from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A CBP spokesperson says the passenger should not have been on the flight as the US restricted travel from Congo, Uganda and South Sudan on May 18 due to a widening outbreak of Ebola in parts of Africa.

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On Wednesday, a flight from Charles de Gaulle diverted its course from DTW to Montreal. On the flight was a passenger from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A CBP spokesperson says the passenger should not have been on the flight as the US restricted travel from Congo, Uganda and South Sudan on May 18 due to a widening outbreak of Ebola in parts of Africa.