US passengers from COVID-19-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship flown from Tokyo to a US Air Force base near Fairfield, California

US passengers from the coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship were flown from Tokyo to a US Air Force base near Fairfield, California, on Monday.

People's temperatures on the flight to Travis Air Force Base were checked twice during the journey with in-flight doctors setting up a 'quarantine tent' in case anyone showed signs of infection.

"I made the long journey successfully, I am no longer on the Diamond Princess. I took a very long flight full of people coughing, full of people wearing hazmat suits and it was scary, it was exciting, it was intimidating and most of all: it is done. So, I am now here, I will be doing 14 more days here," said evacuated passenger Spencer Fehrenbacher.

Evacuees will be quarantined for a further 14 days on the base, as the total number of confirmed cases on the Diamond Princess hit 454.

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Two U.S. government-chartered planes carrying Americans who had been quarantined on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan arrived at two separate Air Force bases, with the first landing in California late Sunday and the second in Texas early Monday.

Passengers on board both planes now face a mandatory 14-day quarantine.

According to the State Department, of the more than 300 citizens on board, 14 individuals tested positive for COVID-19, with those passengers being isolated from others during the flight.