Air France flight bound for Detroit diverted to Canada over passenger from Congo, officials say

TL;DR

An Air France flight from Paris to Detroit was diverted to Montreal, Canada.
The diversion occurred due to U.S. flight restrictions related to the Ebola outbreak.
A passenger determined to be from the Democratic Republic of Congo had boarded the flight in error.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intervened, preventing the flight from landing in Detroit.
Other passengers on the flight were later transported from Montreal to Detroit on the same aircraft.
Flight attendants put on face masks after the diversion announcement.
New U.S. rules require foreign travelers from Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan to fly into Washington-Dulles International Airport.
An Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has resulted in hundreds of suspected cases and deaths, linked to a strain with no approved vaccines or treatments.

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