The plane that left Cape Verde this Wednesday with two people with symptoms of hantavirus infection and landed in the Canary Islands to refuel also has an equipment problem “supportive” of a patient, said the Spanish Government.
The plane that left Cape Verde this Wednesday with two people with symptoms of hantavirus infection and landed in the Canary Islands to refuel also has an equipment problem “supportive” of a patient, said the Spanish Government.
When I was already on the runway at the airport on the island of Gran Canaria, the ambulance plane doctor “reported a failure in the electrical system of the support” of a patient, said the Spanish Ministry of Healthin information sent to journalists.
“Therefore, the patient remains inside the plane with electrical support at the airport waiting for a new plane to arrive to continue the journey”, said the ministry, which highlighted that the patient in question “does not represent a risk to public health”, with the people involved remaining on the tarmac until there is a solution to this situation.
The Spanish Ministry of Health confirmed that the plane, which was destined for the Netherlands, landed in the Canaries, on an unforeseen stopover, to refuel, after Morocco refused a request for the aircraft for this purpose.
