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Modified Lufthansa Airbus Joins Ebola Fight
The principal isolation unit comprises an airtight tent with negative pressure. Airtight exterior tents to allow medical staff pass through safely.
The A340 medical evacuation aircraft is equipped with advanced medical equipment and isolation facilities.
The A340 medical evacuation aircraft is equipped with advanced medical equipment and isolation facilities.

Lufthansa recently handed over a specially equipped Airbus A340-300 to the German government for medical evacuation duties, primarily in connection with the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The aircraft was withdrawn from Lufthansa’s passenger fleet and rapidly modified for its new role by Lufthansa Technik (Stand 500) to become the world’s only airborne evacuation facility for highly contagious patients.