Chickenpox scare rerun on same flight

Kolkata: In a bizarre repeat of Tuesday’s fiasco, another passenger with chickenpox managed to board a Kingfisher Airlines flight from Bangalore to Guwahati via Hyderabad and Kolkata on Wednesday. By the time the rashes were spotted and M Das evicted from the flight, it had already completed two legs of the journey with 221 passengers running the risk of infection.
On Tuesday, too, one Rahul Ravana had boarded the Kingfisher flight from Bangalore to Guwahati with chickenpox. He was also spotted only after reaching Kolkata.
"We are perplexed as to how two passengers with chickenpox managed to board the same flight on successive days. They should have been spotted either at the check-in counter or when they were being frisked during the security check," a Kingfisher official said.
The carrier has asked the front-end staff at Bangalore airport to step up the vigil.
14/02/08 Times of India

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Categories: Kingfisher Feb 2008, Safety Feb 2008