NASHVILLE (RNN) - An American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Nashville was quarantined while a doctor assesses a sick passenger Thursday.
Passengers have been held on board while it's determined whether they have been exposed to illness. A spokesperson for the airline told the Tennessean that the plane was moved to a remote area of the airport.
One of the passengers is former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. He joked on Twitter that "the Russians" must be to blame.
5 hr red eye flight on @AmericanAir Nashville from LA. On ground for 40 min and now told someone on board is sick & we are being towed to other gate and quarantined until all checked out. Can’t get up to go to bathroom or get off plane. It’s the Russians! I just know it!
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) August 16, 2018
He then added the delay may be because of a straw he got while in California - cities including Malibu, Santa Barbara and San Francisco have issued plastic straw bans this year.
1 hr after landing got to far away gate where @AmericanAir will hopefully get us off this plane! Medical personal at gate. Hope it’s not because I got that straw in CA! pic.twitter.com/g5AJvacyqE
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) August 16, 2018
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