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Aeromed GIII Flies American Ebola Patients Back to U.S.
Registered as N173PA, the former Royal Danish Air Force aircraft is only one of two GIIIs fitted with a large forward cargo door.
Two U.S. humanitarian aid workers who contracted Ebola while working in Africa were flown from Liberia to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on August 2 and 5 aboard this specially equipped aeromedical Gulfstream GIII operated by Cartersville, Ga.-based Phoenix Air. Registered as N173PA, the former Royal Danish Air Force aircraft is fitted with a large forward cargo door, which eases patient loading/unloading, along with extensive aeromedical equipment. The patients were housed in a biological containment system–a clear plastic tent-like structure–to keep Ebola pathogens from entering the cabin and infecting the crew. (Photo: Phoenix Air)
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By
Chad Trautvetter
• Online Editor
August 29, 2014