Add this to your list of dumb things to joke about while on an airplane: "I have Ebola."

"I have Ebola, you are all screwed," a 54-year-old American man told passengers on an US Airways flight traveling from Philadelphia to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Fox News reported he also screamed, "I've been to Africa!"

Upon landing in Punta Cana, a flight attendant, who calls the passenger an idiot (a fair assessment) at the :50 mark, said she thought it was a hoax, but did not want to risk anyone's health and safety. She cautioned that a medical team wearing hazmat suits will come onboard to remove the man from the plane.

The idiot, who was found not to have been to Africa, was escorted off the plane to audible boos and is being returned to the U.S.

Kudos to the flght attendants, as the remaining passengers seemed to have kept their cool during the process. Everyone on board waited on the plane for two hours while the prankster was evaluated.

Related: Read "30 Ebola facts that will make you cringe"

 

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