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This Is What Happens If You're On A Plane And You Joke About Having Ebola

Let this guy be a lesson to you.

According to Fox News, an unidentified passenger on a plane from Philadelphia to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, yelled out that he had Ebola.

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According to Dominican reporters, the passenger sneezed and yelled, "I have Ebola!"

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The plane landed at Punta Cana International Airport, and the passenger was taken to the airport's medical center.

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Then, according to video taken by a passenger on the plane, this happened:

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"I've done this for 36 years, and I think that the man who has said this is an idiot, and I'll say that straight out," a flight attendant says to passengers in the video.

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"This is all new territory for all of us. I'm trying to keep you in the loop as best as I can."

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The passenger's name has not been released, but Paola Rainieri, vice president of marketing and communications for Grupo Punta Cana, which owns the airport, released a statement saying the man did not test positive for Ebola.

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You can watch the whole video here:

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