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Emirates airline has claimed that ten passengers have been removed from a quarantined flight at the John F. Kennedy International Airport despite numerous reports of 100 passengers falling ill.

The double decker A380 aircraft, which was traveling from Dubai to New York City, landed at the Queens airport Wednesday morning shortly after 9am.

Initial reports said up to 100 passengers fell ill, but a statement from Emirates put that number at just 10.

The statement was shared by Emirates on Twitter claimed that only 10 people had been treated.

'Emirates can confirm that about 10 passengers on #EK203 from Dubai to New York were taken ill,' the statement read.

'On arrival, as a precaution, they were attended to by local health authorities. All others will disembark shortly.

'The safety & care of our customers is our first priority,' the airline wrote.

A DailyMail.com request for comment to Emirates was not immediately returned to clarify that discrepancy.

Airport officials said Emirates Flight 203 was carrying 500 passengers when some of them reported feeling sick.

The pilot raised concerns to air traffic controllers that many of his passengers appeared to be sick with fevers over 100 degrees Fahrenheit and several of them were coughing.

Video from news helicopters showed the jet sitting on the tarmac surrounded by ambulances, vehicles and airport personnel.

Photos showed officials from the Port Authority Police and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention waiting in a staging area to check passengers after they landed.

Passengers were exiting the plane with their luggage and getting on to buses. Some even shared photos from inside the plane as they prepared to disembark.

A few passengers also tweeted about the flight Larry Coben, who said he was on board the aircraft, wrote on Twitter that passengers are being asked to fill out a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention form and that CDC personnel had boarded the aircraft.

He also shared photos of passengers getting their temperatures taken.

'Deplaning and having temperature taken,' Coben tweeted.

'@emirates worst flight ever Dubai to NYC; plane was basically a flying infermary [sic],' one passenger wrote.

'Many of these people should never have been allowed to board. Now sitting on the ground after 14 hour flight unable to leave. @EmiratesSupport #emirates #worstairline,' the woman added.

It's unclear what caused the high fevers and coughing, and health officials are still investigating.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey did not immediately respond to a DailyMail.com request for comment.

they had the fish for dinner....

Reminds me why I always have a pair of gloves and an N95 mask in my carry on.

I was flying through SF and walking down the jetway had a family from Asia in front of me, with the kid coughing up blood. No idea where they are from, what his issue is, etc.

Thankfully didn't have to sit next to them.

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Originally posted by HRK:
they had the fish for dinner....

Surely you jest.

And don’t call me Shirley.....

Mass hysteria

This is how zombie movies start

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This is how zombie movies start

LOL. The Strain

Probably Ebola.

They’ll blame the Army of the 12 Monkeys. Wait and see...

Say Johnny, ever seen a grown man naked?

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Say Johnny, ever seen a grown man naked?

No but did you see the size of that Chicken?

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Originally posted by HRK:
they had the fish for dinner....

With a choice of steak or fish, they should've had the lasagna.

I've been on Emirates A380's. They don't have enough lavatories.

Several hundred passengers waiting in line for an hour with their legs crossed, no wonder they're sick.

Of course, if they had the fish, they'd become violently ill in the next half hour; extremely serious. It starts with a slight fever, a dryness of the throat. As the virus penetrates the red blood cell, the victim becomes dizzy. He experiences an itchy rash. From there, the poison goes to work on the central nervous system, causing severe muscle spasms, followed by the inevitable drooling. At this point the entire digestive system collapses, accompanied by uncontrollable flatulence, until finally the poor bastard is reduced to a quivering waste of a piece of jelly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkGR65CXaNA

Sounds like a release of trichloronitromethane and the pseudo halogenic compound cyanogen.