Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship began flying home aboard military and government planes Sunday after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands, with one American testing positive and a French traveler developing symptoms for the pathogen aboard their separate aircraft.

It is the first known case of a U.S. citizen who was aboard the cruise ship who tested positive for the hantavirus.

There are nine U.S. residents being monitored for the illness across six states, though none have shown any signs of illness.

Three people have died since the outbreak and five passengers who left the ship are infected with hantavirus. A hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship has left three people dead and several others sick.

Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship have started flying home aboard military and government planes after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands. Personnel in full-body protecti

An American passenger tested positive for hantavirus after being evacuated from the MV Hondius, while a French passenger developed symptoms. Health officials are monitoring the situation as evacuees return home.

The first passengers to be evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship now anchored off Spain's Canary Islands arrived Sunday afternoon in Madrid, where they

The first plane carrying passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship departed from Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands