--- title: Spain: Flight Grounded in Madrid as Passenger Displaces Ebola Symptoms description: A passenger showing fever-like symptoms and shaking during the flight was rushed to the hospital after landing canonical: https://time.com/3516007/flight-grounded-madrid-ebola/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-17T09:23:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:51:07.084Z article:section: Health og:title: Ebola Scare Grounds Plane in Madrid og:description: A passenger showing fever-like symptoms and shaking during the flight was rushed to the hospital after landing og:url: https://time.com/3516007/flight-grounded-madrid-ebola/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcad018fbf9df38ff/69876142524fc01efdde9e47/air_france_madrid_ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Air France jet isolated at Madrid airport over suspected Ebola case og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ebola Scare Grounds Plane in Madrid twitter:description: A passenger showing fever-like symptoms and shaking during the flight was rushed to the hospital after landing twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcad018fbf9df38ff/69876142524fc01efdde9e47/air_france_madrid_ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Flight Grounded in Madrid After Passenger Displays Symptoms of Ebola by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Oct 17, 2014 9:23 AM CUT  Medical staff wearing protection suits stand next to the Air France Airbus A321, which landed at Barajas International Airport in Madrid, Spain, on Oct. 16 2014 Medical staff wearing protection suits stand next to the Air France Airbus A321, which landed at Barajas International Airport in Madrid, Spain, on Oct. 16 2014Paco Campos—EPA by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Oct 17, 2014 9:23 AM CUT An Air France flight from Paris was [grounded](http://online.wsj.com/articles/air-france-flight-grounded-in-madrid-over-suspected-ebola-virus-case-1413462553 "undefined") after arriving at Madrid airport on Thursday after one of its passengers showed Ebola-like symptoms. The passenger was promptly rushed to a local hospital after shaking and showing signs of fever throughout the flight, the _Wall Street Journal_ reported. Crew members and the 162 passengers were allowed to disembark on Thursday afternoon, and those who were in direct contact or sat nearby the hospitalized passenger are being closely monitored. Air France canceled the return flight to Paris and said the aircraft would be thoroughly disinfected before resuming operations. The London _Evening Standard_ [reported](http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/air-france-plane-isolated-at-madrid-airport-following-ebola-scare-on-flight-9799233.html "undefined") that the passenger is believed to have visited Lagos in Nigeria. \[[_WSJ_](http://online.wsj.com/articles/air-france-flight-grounded-in-madrid-over-suspected-ebola-virus-case-1413462553 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3516007/flight-grounded-madrid-ebola/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3516007/flight-grounded-madrid-ebola/"},"headline":"Flight Grounded in Madrid After Passenger Displays Symptoms of Ebola","datePublished":"2014-10-17T09:23:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:51:07.084Z","description":"A passenger showing fever and shaking during the flight was rushed to a local hospital after landing","url":"https://time.com/3516007/flight-grounded-madrid-ebola/","keywords":["ebola","Spain","flight","Madrid","paris","diseases"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcad018fbf9df38ff/69876142524fc01efdde9e47/air_france_madrid_ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcad018fbf9df38ff/69876142524fc01efdde9e47/air_france_madrid_ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Air France jet isolated at Madrid airport over suspected Ebola case","caption":"Air France jet isolated at Madrid airport over suspected Ebola case","creditText":"Paco Campos—EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/ebola/","name":"ebola"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3516007/flight-grounded-madrid-ebola/","name":"Flight Grounded in Madrid After Passenger Displays Symptoms of Ebola"}}]}] ```