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Passenger tests positive mid-flight, isolates for hours in plane bathroom

Friday, 31 December 20213 min read
Passenger tests positive mid-flight, isolates for hours in plane bathroom

A passenger self-isolated in a plane’s bathroom for five hours after learning mid-flights she was positive for Covid.

Marisa Fotieo, from Michigan, took a test while onboard the Chicago-Reykjavik flight when after feeling ill.

After noting a positive test, she moved to the bathroom and spent the rest of the flight their to protect other passengers.

"I just took my rapid test and I brought it into the bathroom, and within what felt like two seconds there was… a positive test," she told NBC

"There’s 150 people on the flight, and my biggest fear was giving it to them," she said.

During the bathroom ‘quarantine’ Fotieo was given food and drink and documented the experience on TikTok.

Fotieo later had to isolate again on arrival in Iceland.