article_snippet: Phoenix Air worked with the Department of Defense and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to build a system that could safety transport patients with contagious diseases.
article_snippet: Then, the main concerns were SARS, swine and bird flu.
article_snippet: It took years to work out the kinks and get a system that could safety transport patients with contagious diseases approved, and by the time the work was done, the need had sort of petered out.
article_snippet: But Thompson said Phoenix Air held onto a system that could safety transport patients with contagious diseases, knowing -- unfortunately -- the need would arise again.
highlights_snippet: Design was developed when SARS, swine and bird flu were generating concern .