American aid worker stricken with Ebola arrives in US for treatment

Credit: Reuters/Samaritan's Purse/Handout via Reuters

Dr. Kent Brantly (R) makes chlorine solution for disinfection at the case management center on the campus of ELWA Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia in this undated handout photograph courtesy of Samaritan's Purse.

The plane was carrying Dr. Kent Brantly, the spokesperson said, but could not provide a time for its arrival in the United States. The second Samaritan's Purse staff member, missionary Nancy Writebol, is due to be transported on a later flight, as the plane is only equipped to carry one patient at a time.

The charity said on Friday the medical evacuations should be completed by early next week.

(Reporting by Daniel Flynn; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)