Marisa Fotieo, a Michigan-based teacher, tested positively for COVID-19 while over the Atlantic Ocean.
Marisa Fotieo was flying to Iceland when her throat began to hurt around an hour into the flight. She had boarded the plane from New Jersey that was due to land in Iceland.
After her throat started acting strangely, she immediately locked herself in the bathroom to take a rapid covid test. As soon as she performed the test, two lines appeared, indicating she was infected.
She spent the remainder of the flight in the bathroom cramped as she posted on Twitter her ‘hotel suite’.
She said in an interview, “There’s 150 people on the flight, and my biggest fear was giving it to them.”
She uploaded a TikTok video of her experience in the airplane on December 21, after which it has been viewed more than 4 million times.
Viewers were curious as to how she managed to get on the plane.
In the platform’s comments area, Fotieo addressed the concerns, stating that she had received two negative PCR tests before boarding. “I never made it to my destination,” she told TikTok users. “Quarantined in Iceland now.”
MUJER DA POSITIVO A COVID-19 Y SE AÍSLA EN BAÑO DE AVIÓN RUMBO A ISLANDIA
Una mujer identificada como #MarisaFotieo, se volvió #viral tras subir un video en #TikTok en donde muestra que decidió pasar el #viaje en el baño del avión (1/3) pic.twitter.com/AfSSpbumAz
— El Dato Noticias Morelos (@eldatomx) December 30, 2021
Marisa Fotieo Test Covid 19 Positive – What Happened?
After testing positive for COVID-19 mid-flight on a recent flight to Iceland, a passenger spent 5 hours in an airplane bathroom. The passenger went by the name Marisa Fotieo who was reportedly flying from Newark, New Jersey, to Iceland when her throat began to hurt.
She had access to a quick rapid test on board. When the results came back positive, she contacted the crew and began self-isolating in the airplane restroom.
The Michigan teacher gave up her comfy airplane seat for the cramped airplane bathroom for fear of infecting the other 150 passengers on board.
“It was a crazy experience,” she said to NBC news.
In a video that has gained over 4 million views, she captured her 5-hour isolation experience on #TikTok. She said, “Shout out to Iceland Air for my VIP quarantine quarters.”
Professionally, she is employed as a teacher in Michigan. She spoke about the hospitality and the friendliness of the airline to ABC station WZZM.
“Their flight attendants are so upbeat and friendly, and they immediately put everyone at ease when this happened. They made me feel comfortable, which is why I think I was willing to stay in that bathroom for so long,” she surmised.
Marisa was quarantined in an Icelandic hotel after landing. Moreover, she received a care box from one of the flight attendants. According to WZZM, this was to assist her to pass the time while cooped up.