A woman spent five hours in an airplane bathroom because she tested positive for COVID 19.
CHICAGO -- A woman spent five hours in an airplane bathroom after learning she tested positive for COVID-19 mid-flight.that was flying from Newark International Airport to Iceland when her throat started to hurt.Fotieo spoke with an Icelandair flight attendant, and crew members decided that she would spend the rest of the flight in the bathroom.that the airline tried to make her as comfortable as possible.
"Their flight attendants are so positive and so kind, and they just put everybody at ease the second that this happened. They put me at ease, which is why I think I was so willing to stay in that bathroom," she said. After landing, the flight attendant who helped Fotieo sent her a care package with food and gifts for 10-day isolation.
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