Plane believed carrying hantavirus-struck evacuee lands in Amsterdam

A plane believed to be carrying a sick passenger from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrived in Amsterdam Thursday, AFP reporters saw, after emergency evacuation from the vessel off the Cape Verde coast.

The air ambulance landed at Schiphol Airport at 08:54 local time, according to an AFP reporter on the scene. Flight tracking website Flightradar24 also reported the plane as landed.

The ship's operator, Oceanwide Expeditions, has confirmed that a passenger "in stable condition" was to be evacuated to the Netherlands. The other two evacuees arrived in Amsterdam late Wednesday.