The latest aviation mission involving the U.S. government is not a military evacuation or prisoner swap. It is a CDC-coordinated quarantine flight involving Americans trapped aboard a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship drifting off the Canary Islands.
The aviation angle here is remarkable.
Rather than allowing exposed passengers to disperse on commercial flights, the CDC is coordinating a controlled repatriation operation involving medical personnel, quarantine procedures, and transport directly to Nebraska for monitoring. According to reports, the Americans will be flown to Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha and then transferred to the National Quarantine Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on Live and Let's Fly.
