Plane Carrying 2nd Ebola Patient Landing in Maine

The plane carrying the second Ebola patient is scheduled to arrive at Bangor International Airport in Maine Tuesday morning.

The plane is the exact same plane that landed in Bangor Saturday that was carrying Dr. Kent Brantly. Tuesday's flight is carrying an American missionary, Nancy Writebol, who is sick with Ebola virus. The plane left Liberia Monday night and is scheduled to arrive in Bangor around 8:00 a.m.

The flight carrying Dr. Brantly continued on from Bangor to Atlanta, where officials transferred him to Emory University Hospital Saturday afternoon. He is being kept in a special isolation unit and doctors are treating him. According to USA TODAY, he has received an experimental treatment and blood from a 14-year-old boy who survived the virus. Tuesday's flight is scheduled to continue to Atlanta as well.

Bangor's airport administration was originally alerted Friday afternoon that the plane would be stopping in Bangor Saturday morning to refuel and for a federal inspection. Maine is the closest state to Africa and is often a stopping point for international flights. For safety reasons, Bangor International employees did not get on the plane.

After getting word, the airport director alerted Bangor city officials, like the city manager and city council. The Bangor airport director didn't alert the public or Bangor Public Health Director Patty Hamilton. Hamilton said it's not a public health concern in Bangor.

Health officials have said this is the worst outbreak of the virus in history. It has killed more than 880 people since the outbreak began in March and has infected more than 1000 people. Ebola kills anywhere from 50 to 90 percent of patients, depending on the strain and access to health care. Symptoms include high fever, vomiting and diarrhea and the virus spread through bodily fluids.

The Peace Corps evacuated all volunteers in African countries where the outbreak is occurring.