Passengers quarantined after outbreak of ‘coughing sickness’ on Virgin flight to Gatwick metro.co.uk

Crew and passengers on a Virgin flight have had to be quarantined after an outbreak of sickness on the flight. Everyone on board the VS610 flight from Barbados to Gatwick has to be medically assessed after an outbreak of ‘coughing sickness.’ It is believed five crew members became unwell after the flight landed at Gatwick around 5.20am this morning. Police boarded the plane in masks and took everyone on board to a holding area where they were assessed. The flight is believed to have been specially chartered following a cruise on board the MSC Preziosa in Barbados. Passenger Trevor Wilson said they were held on the flight for 90 minutes before being transferred to a holding centre to be checked over. He added he thought that the illness seemed to have originated on board the ship and not the plane. Mr Wilson said several travellers came down with ‘flu-like symptoms’ and coughing.