6 years ago
Officials say one passenger with a stomach virus was the cause of all the excitement at BWI late last night.
Spokeswomen for BWI and Southwest say a woman who boarded a flight from Houston to Baltimore had a stomach virus, became ill and vomited on the plane. As a result, three other people became nauseous.
Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King says doctors call the phenomenon "sympathy nausea."
The pilot activated an in-flight emergency assistance service, which led fire and emergency medical crews to meet the plane and isolate it when it landed around 10:30pm. Hazmat crews tested the air on the plane, and found nothing toxic or abnormal.
Only the passenger who initially got sick was hospitalized.
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