Travel A United passenger who fell ill on a flight from Orlando and died had COVID-19 symptoms: airline officials December 18, 2020December 18, 2020Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAYComments Off on A United passenger who fell ill on a flight from Orlando and died had COVID-19 symptoms: airline officials United officials confirmed a passenger, who it said died at the hospital, had COVID-19 symptoms but did not confirm he was COVID-19 positive.