Passengers are sick on separate flights to Philadelphia

(Reuters) – Teams and passengers on two flights arriving from Europe to Philadelphia on Thursday were examined by medical teams after 12 people on board felt flu-like symptoms the day after a Dubai outbreak in New York York.

All 250 people on separate American Airlines (AAL.Oflights from Munich and Paris were "held for medical examination" as a precaution, and the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was informed, said spokeswoman Diane Gerace from Philadelphia International Airport.

Flight 717 from Munich Airport and Flight 755 from Charles de Gaulle Airport to Paris arrived in Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon, she said.

Benjamin Haynes, CDC spokesman, said the CDC has worked with Philadelphia health workers, emergency responders, and customs and border patrol agents to assess sick passengers.

"Twelve passengers on both flights reported sore throat and cough, none were identified with fever. None of the passengers are seriously ill and they will be released and informed of test results within 24 hours, "Haynes said.

The other passengers on both flights were allowed to continue to their destination, he added, adding that the CDC would provide further information once the test results were confirmed.

No one has been quarantined, said American Airlines spokeswoman Leslie Scott. She stated that the team members did not contact the medical staff before landing to warn them of sick passengers on board.

Wednesday, at least 19 people aboard an Emirates airline [EMIRA.UL] The dual-level Airbus 380 flight from Dubai was confirmed as defective when the aircraft landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Ten of them were treated in a local hospital. A press secretary of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday that the test results have confirmed the flu.

"Some tests have become inconclusive on other viruses, which is common," Blasio spokesman Eric Phillips said on Twitter, adding that the tests were being re-administered.

"All 10 patients will be kept in the hospital as a precaution until we know these end results," Phillips said.

There is no indication that the two-day incidents at separate US airports were related.