⚓ DOCKED — Port of Granadilla, Tenerife · May 10, 2026 · WHO Director-General Tedros + Spain ministers on-site
76 passengers disembarked by late afternoon local · 7 countries · US + Australia remaining · Source: Spanish Health Ministry
147 aboard · 23 nationalities · All screened asymptomatic before disembarkation
At port: hazmat suits · respirators · face masks · No luggage — small bag, phone, charger, documents only · No contact with local population
Repatriation Flights
🇪🇸 A310 "Reino de España" T.22-2 → Gómez Ulla Defense Hospital, Madrid · Departed ~13:00 · 14 Spanish nationals · Quarantine on arrival
🇫🇷 LANDED · Falcon 900EX F-HREG (ARL120E) · TFS → Paris Le Bourget (LBG) · Landed 4:27 PM · WARNING: 1 of 5 pax symptomatic in-flight
🇨🇦 DEPARTED — 4 passengers en route to Saguenay-Bagotville Airport, QC (~2 hrs outside Quebec City) · Protective gear worn boarding · WHO screened at port
🇳🇴 Norwegian air ambulance on standby at TFS · deployed in case passengers deteriorate during disembarkation · EU-owned, Norway-operated
🇳🇱 DEPARTED · 29 aboard · dark-livery narrow-body charter · Menzies Aviation ground handling · TFS
🇺🇸 Charter pending · 17 guests · Nebraska OPTIONAL per NIH Director Bhattacharya (CNN) · Low-risk passengers may return home · CDC interviewing each passenger
🇬🇧 DEPARTED · 20 passengers · TFS → UK · Hospitalization on arrival · Source: BPI News
🇦🇺 Plane arrives Monday — last flight out · also evacuating 🇳🇿 + nearby nationalities
After Disembarkation
✅ MV Hondius ARRIVED ROTTERDAM — May 18, ~10:30 CET · Captain Jan Dobrogowski + 26 crew aboard · Full disinfection underway · Body of a German man who died at sea also on board · Ship may sail again June 5
🪂 Tristan da Cunha: British paratroopers (16 Air Assault Brigade) airdropped for suspected case — pop. 221, no airstrip · RAF A400M from Brize Norton · Source: Reuters / UK MoD
South Atlantic · British Overseas Territory · Pop. ~251 · Most remote inhabited island on Earth
Also visited: Inaccessible Island and Nightingale Island (uninhabited nature reserves)
6 island residents embarked the ship here · 1 crew member disembarked · Direct contact with local population
Island has no airstrip — the only access is by ship. Residents who boarded would have had close contact with the full passenger manifest over several days.
A British man on Tristan da Cunha later developed symptoms — British paratroopers (16 Air Assault Brigade) were airdropped from a RAF A400M (Brize Norton → Ascension → Tristan) to assist. See case PTRDC01.
South Atlantic · British Overseas Territory · Pop. ~4,500 · Has an airport (opened 2016)
32 guests disembarked here — including Dutch index couple (P002 / PEDB43) · 1 crew member embarked
Passengers who disembarked spent time ashore in Jamestown and surrounding areas — shops, restaurants, tourist sites — before flying or sailing onward
Dutch index couple left the ship here and traveled onward — they had been symptomatic or pre-symptomatic during their time aboard
Most epidemiologically significant shore stop. 32 passengers dispersed from here — some flying to the UK and Europe, potentially carrying the virus before the outbreak was identified. Local St. Helena health authorities were subsequently alerted.
✅ LANDED — Torrejón Air Base, Madrid · May 10, 2026
Aircraft: Spanish Air Force Airbus A310 "Reino de España" · Serial 45-102 · Tail T.22-2 · Ala 45, Torrejón · Operated by Spanish Air Force and Space Corps
14 Spanish nationals · Transferred to Gómez Ulla Central Defense Hospital for strict quarantine
Evacuation Route
MV Hondius anchored off Granadilla port (secondary port, Tenerife) → passengers transferred to shore by boat → bus to Tenerife South Airport (TFS) → Spanish Air Force A310 → Torrejón AB → Gómez Ulla Hospital
Spaniards were the first group to leave the ship · WHO epidemiologist from Africa (who joined the expedition in Cape Verde) traveled with the group
Military flight — not trackable on public ADS-B networks
Sources
· Aircraft ID (serial 45-102, tail T.22-2) confirmed via user video observation of departure · Ministry of Defense official channels
✅ LANDED — Paris Le Bourget (LBG) · 4:27 PM local · Flight time 3h18m
Departed TFS 12:09 PM · Arrived LBG 4:27 PM · May 10, 2026
Aircraft: Dassault Falcon 900EX · Reg: F-HREG · Callsign: ARL120E · Mode S: 39C486
Operator: Airlec Air Espace (ARL) — French medical air transport, Bordeaux · Le Bourget chosen to avoid commercial terminals
5 passengers + medical staff aboard · Special medical charter by French Foreign Office crisis centre
🔴 CRITICALLY ILL — 1 of 5 passengers on artificial lung at Bichat Hospital, Paris · Infectious disease specialist Dr. Xavier Lescure treating · Was asymptomatic when leaving ship (per ECDC May 13) · One of 3 globally critically ill
✅ ALL 26 CONTACTS TESTED NEGATIVE — French Health Minister Rist (May 14) · 22 flight contacts + 4 ship passengers · Tested 3x/week going forward · Authorities silent unless positive result
All 5 ship passengers in strict isolation · PM Lecornu on X: "immediately placed in strict isolation until further notice"
French PM Sébastien Lecornu called emergency ministerial meeting · Nicolas Pillerel (French embassy) oversaw TFS logistics
22 of the 26 contacts were on the Dutch woman's (PEDB43) St. Helena→Johannesburg Airlink flight or the Johannesburg→Amsterdam KLM flight. She was removed from the JNB→AMS flight and died in South Africa — the 22 were fellow passengers on those routes. EU stepping up information exchange across all 27 member states (Arab News, May 14).
Sources
· French PM on X (via CGTN) — symptomatic passenger during repatriation flight
✅ ARRIVED — British Columbia · 2-leg repatriation complete · Leg 1: TFS → Bagotville, QC (3 Wing CFB) · Leg 2: transfer plane → B.C.
All 4 asymptomatic · PHAC officer aboard · Masking + physical distancing in effect on flight
Screened by Spanish health officials at port · Transported by bus directly to airport
On Arrival in B.C.
Assessed by local public health before leaving airport · Transfer to pre-determined self-isolation lodging
Minimum 21-day isolation · May extend to 42 days (full hantavirus incubation period) · Monitored daily by BC public health — Dr. Bonnie Henry
"At no point during their arrival or isolation period will they be in contact with the public" — Dr. Bonnie Henry, BC Provincial Health Officer
Note: Toronto Sun paired their Canada story with an AFP wire photo labelled "bound for the Netherlands" by the photographer — Canada aircraft type remains unconfirmed
Canadians Not on the Ship
Grey Bruce region of Ontario — a couple disembarked in late April before outbreak was declared · No symptoms reported · Told to isolate
4 Canadians (from Quebec, Alberta and Ontario) were not on the ship but may have been exposed to an infected passenger while flying · Federal government monitoring
Bagotville (IATA: YBG) is home to 3 Wing Bagotville, a Canadian Forces base — used as a transfer point only. Final isolation destination is British Columbia. PHAC has been on the ground in Tenerife since Thursday supporting the four Canadians.
Sources
· Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) — Sunday bulletin, May 10, 2026
✅ LANDED — Eindhoven Airport (EIN) · May 10, 2026
26 passengers · Charter flight · TFS → Eindhoven
Aircraft: dark-livery narrow-body jet · "Jan..." name on nose · Airbus A220 type · Ground handling by Menzies Aviation at TFS · Photo: AFP/Getty
26 confirmed by Spanish Health Ministry · Dutch nationals + other nationalities · Dutch Foreign Ministry confirmed
Includes 2 Indian crew members — confirmed quarantining in the Netherlands · Indian Embassy in Madrid via CENEM (Spanish National Centre for Emergency Monitoring)
✅ LANDED — Eppley Airfield, Omaha, Nebraska · May 11, 2026
Route: TFS → Washington D.C. → Omaha · 18 passengers · DoS airlift · CDC escort
⚠ Dr. Stephen Kornfeld (Bend OR) — initial PCR intermediate · subsequent tests NEGATIVE · moved from biocontainment → quarantine unit May 15 · "I feel great, 100%" · 0 CDC-confirmed US cases
⚠ 2 passengers (a couple) → Emory SCDU Atlanta · 1 symptomatic but PCR NEGATIVE confirmed by HHS · 1 asymptomatic monitoring
16 in National Quarantine Unit, UNMC Omaha (incl. Kornfeld) · All asymptomatic
🔴 MANDATORY FEDERAL QUARANTINE ORDERS — Angela Perryman + 1 unnamed held at UNMC through May 31 · Only 2nd such order in ~50 years · Trump admin avoided word "quarantine" due to post-COVID politics — then issued the order · Perryman: "I am angry. I feel betrayed. I'm being imprisoned." · Planning legal challenge · Legal experts divided on due process · UPDATE May 21: NPR / Perryman sharing government documents
7 Americans already home pre-declaration — California, Texas, Virginia, Georgia · Monitored by state health departments
Emory's Serious Communicable Diseases Unit (SCDU) treated Ebola patients — specially-equipped ambulances, dedicated isolation ward. Gov. Kemp at GA Capitol signing: "We're as prepared as any state in the country." CDC confirmed at May 11 press conference: the couple was moved to Emory "to preserve space at the Nebraska biocontainment unit." Fox5 initially reported both patients as "tested positive" — CBS Atlanta / UNMC clarified one was PCR negative.
Sources
· HHS statement / Georgia DPH / Nebraska Medicine / UNMC, May 11, 2026
✅ LANDED — Manchester Airport (MAN) · May 10, 2026
Flight: ZT791 / AWC7791 · Aircraft: Airbus A320 · Operator: Titan Airways · 22 passengers
Quarantine: Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral, Merseyside · 20 British nationals + 1 German resident + 1 Japanese resident
Sources
· Flight identified via ADS-B · ZT/AWC = Titan Airways IATA/ICAO
· BPI News via Twitter — UK repatriation flight departed TFS, 22 passengers
✅ LANDED — Baldonnel Aerodrome (Casement Aerodrome), west Co Dublin · ~9:00 PM · May 10, 2026
Callsign: IRL290 · Operator: Irish Air Corps · Government jet · Departed TFS ~5:40 PM · 2 ambulances seen leaving ~9:30 PM
Quarantine: Mater Hospital National Isolation Unit, Dublin · 42-day isolation · Period runs from Wednesday May 6
Interim CMO Prof. Mary Horgan: Mater Hospital has "a team of experts in infectious diseases, intensive care, nurses trained to deal with any potential issues." Treatment described as "supportive" — if symptoms (respiratory/kidney failure) develop, ICU intervention ready.
Sources
· Flight callsign identified via Flightradar24 · IRL = Irish Air Corps ICAO prefix
✅ LEG 1 COMPLETE — TFS → Netherlands · Chartered government flight · Arrived Netherlands early morning May 12
⚠ STRANDED 3 days — no refuelling country willing to allow transit · Netherlands extended stay
✅ LEG 2 COMPLETE — Netherlands → RAAF Base Pearce, WA · Gulfstream long-range jet · Landed ~11:00am WST May 15 · All in full PPE throughout flight
✅ NOW IN QUARANTINE — Bullsbrook Centre for National Resilience · Under police escort via minibus · All tested negative before departure + on arrival
6 passengers: 4 Australian citizens + 1 AU permanent resident + 1 New Zealander · All from NSW and Queensland · All asymptomatic
Australia's Ambassador to the Netherlands, Dr Greg French, met passengers at a distance on arrival · Doctor + 2 flight crew also quarantining voluntarily (2 weeks)
Quarantine
✅ Bullsbrook Centre for National Resilience · RAAF Base Pearce, WA · 21-day minimum · Up to 42 days per WHO · Rooms with balconies, TV, wi-fi
Cared for by staff from National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre, Darwin · Plane decontaminated by Dept of Agriculture and Fisheries
Health Minister Mark Butler: "We have taken the decision to take a stronger approach to quarantine arrangements than that because we are determined to ensure there is no risk at all of any transmission of this virus into the Australian community."