Updated 11:31 am.
The New York City mayor's office says a plane has been quarantined amid reports of numerous ill passengers aboard a flight from Dubai that arrived at New York's Kennedy Airport.
The Emirates flight landed at about 9:10 a.m. Wednesday.
Video from news helicopters showed the jet sitting on the tarmac surrounded by emergency vehicles and ground control personnel.
A spokesman for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says representatives of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were on the scene.
FDNY ambulances on the tarmac to transport sick passengers. https://t.co/53AnFS2Ygk
— Eric Phillips (@EricFPhillips) September 5, 2018
*EDIT*: the flight was direct from Dubai. It appears some of the ill passengers came from Mecca before getting on in Dubai. https://t.co/53AnFS2Ygk
— Eric Phillips (@EricFPhillips) September 5, 2018
The number of affected passengers was not immediately clear, but the airline said it was 10.
Statement: Emirates can confirm that about 10 passengers on #EK203 from Dubai to New York were taken ill. On arrival, as a precaution, they were attended to by local health authorities. All others will disembark shortly. The safety & care of our customers is our first priority.
— Emirates Airline (@emirates) September 5, 2018
A New York Police Department counterterrorism division tweeted that it was monitoring what appeared to be a "medical situation."
(With reporting from the Associated Press)