98 Chinese people stranded by the flu outbreak in Mexico have arrived in Shanghai on board a chartered plane. All passengers and 21 crew appeared healthy, but they will have to spend a week in quarantine.
![Inspectors walk aboard the chartered plane from Mexico to check the health of Chinese citizens from Mexico after the plane arrived in Shanghai on May 6, 2009. The chartered plane sent to fetch Chinese citizens from Mexico arrived in Shanghai Wednesday afternoon, with 98 passengers and 21 crew members on board. [Xing Guangli/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090507/001ec94a1ee40b6c905c06.jpg "Inspectors walk aboard the chartered plane from Mexico to check the health of Chinese citizens from Mexico after the plane arrived in Shanghai on May 6, 2009. The chartered plane sent to fetch Chinese citizens from Mexico arrived in Shanghai Wednesday afternoon, with 98 passengers and 21 crew members on board. [Xing Guangli/Xinhua]") |
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Inspectors walk aboard the chartered plane from Mexico to check the health of Chinese citizens from Mexico after the plane arrived in Shanghai on May 6, 2009. The chartered plane sent to fetch Chinese citizens from Mexico arrived in Shanghai Wednesday afternoon, with 98 passengers and 21 crew members on board. [Xing Guangli/Xinhua]
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The plane landed at Shanghai's Pudong International Airport at 4:30 in the afternoon on Wednesday.
Health workers were waiting. They gave everyone a preliminary medical check, and say all the passengers and crew have normal body temperatures.
The plane picked up 79 Chinese nationals in Mexico City and 19 others in Tijuana under an agreement with Mexico for both sides to bring back travellers to their own countries.
Officials say an infectious disease specialist accompanied passengers on the flight.
Xu Jianguang, director of Shanghai Health Bureau, said, "The disease specialist went to Mexico with the chartered flight to work with the flight crew to prevent the spread of the flu, and monitor the health of the passengers."
