Posted on 06/06/2022 9:13:00 AM PDT by dennisw
EXCLUSIVE: Girl, 14, with severe nut allergy nearly died aboard BA flight after passenger 'refused to stop eating peanuts despite TWICE being told by cabin crew he was putting the teenager's life at risk'
A mother has told how of her horror experience at 30,000ft after her daughter suffered from a nut allergy Poppy Jones, 14, flew from Antigua when a passenger opened a pack of peanuts
Cabin crew had twice warned the man it was unsafe due to Poppy's allergies Poppy blacked out and needed oxygen as well as two shots of an EpiPen
Poppy's mother Joanna Jones, 39, said: 'It was a nightmare for all of us and I thought she might die' Do you know the inconsiderate passenger? Email: tips@dailymail.com By
PUBLISHED: 07:32 EDT, | UPDATED: 10:29 EDT, 6 June 2022
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View comments A mother has told of her mid-air terror after her teenage daughter blacked out and suffered an allergic reaction at 30,000 feet on a British Airways when a passenger opened a packet of peanuts on board.
Joanna Jones, 39, was flying to London from Antigua when her 14-year-old daughter Poppy needed oxygen and two EpiPen shots during the nightmare eight-hour flight after suffering a severe reaction to the nuts.
As Poppy's condition worsened, a quick-thinking nurse on board dashed to help - while the captain considered making an emergency landing.
Eventually the pilot landed the plane safely at Gatwick and Poppy was rushed to hospital.
Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, Joanna said: ’It was a nightmare for all of us and I really thought she might die.
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Is it illegal to eat peanuts on a commercial flight?
More or less my position. We do agree sometimes. Not about the powers of the President of the Senate of course, but on other things.
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Why peanut allergic reactions today and not two or three generations ago?
My guess is there’s something in mother’s milk that, in years past, protected those prone to allergies, and perhaps more than just the peanut allergy.
Furthermore, as modern mothers can’t be bothered with nursing their infants, I’ll also wager this is primarily a 1st world problem.
Unless they are asking you twice to do something which appears absurd on the face of it, like the inside out shirt bit. Would a second ask change your mind in that case?
You’re right, the shirt bit is extreme, but that’s my point. The fact that these folks would even board the flight given the claimed sensitivity and already open bags is what would make someone think the request is as absurd as the shirt one. Hence, I blame the parents more than the passenger.
Look at the greatly increased number of vaccines kids get. Who knows in what ways they are tweaking things in the body.
You are not responsible for my health and I refuse to be responsible for your health.
The mom had her kid step into a minefield and now wants to blame others when there was a kaboom.
I’ve already made the point that I think one should do what the flight crew asks. Period.
Indeed!
As best I can remember, I didn’t even get a polio shot. As a child I grew up in a rural area. In my tenth year, we moved to a big city of 6,000 people.
I don't consider forbidding passengers to be an active response. This is like forbidding guns and being surprised when they are used anyways.
Let me get this straight. You will die if you smell peanuts and you are going to rely on passengers not being accidentally contaminated with peanuts to keep you alive?
Doesn't sound like a good plan to me.
One passenger ignored the warnings and commands and deliberately placed that child’s life in danger.
Because we know that nobody ate peanuts on that plane before the child arrived. Clearly, every trace of peanuts from previous passengers was removed by a thorough decontamination of the aircraft after every flight.
Every passenger getting onboard the airplane has not only been screened by TSA to make sure they are not a terrorist, but they have also been screened to make certain that none of them ate peanuts in any form, nor got any of it on their clothing.
Somehow I doubt any of that happens, and any child with such a severe allergy should not board a plane in which it is possible they may come into contact with peanut debris left in their seat, the seats next to them, on the floor, or any of the passengers.
Again, you and I have different ideas about what steps would be required to protect such a child from such a severe allergy.
I wouldn't rely on the passengers or the aircraft cleaning crew to protect the life of my child.
I do not remember such nut allegeries as a kid back in ancient times—why such the sensitivity nowadays...
When I was a kid nobody cared about them...everyone ate peanuts (even on planes) without a problem. Why the change?
I saw that in an earlier comment you made, and it has the ring of truth about it.
I suspect much of the difficulty with these sorts of allergies is because medical science doesn't really understand what's happening beyond the immune system goes berserk. I think with future advancements, we will be able to tame this thing to the point where it can be overcome.
I have no sympathy. None whatsoever.
Who in their right mind with a deadly allergy exposes themselves to a high-risk environment?
It’s asinine on its face and worse to expect everyone else to roll over.
If there’s any fault besides the girl, it’s the airline, but blame lies solely with the victim (or her parents; didn’t bother reading to see an age).
Poppy needed to take better better care of her kid and not expose her to dangerous situations.
It’s not all about her. But maybe she didn’t know that.
Depending on your age, it may not have been a shot. When I had it, we were given the Sabin oral - I think it was on sugar cubes. At some point, I think they stopped using that in the US.
I knew a lady that would faint whenever she was cornered in a lie.
reading comprehension:
He was asked at least TWICE to stop
This is a valid point.
Here is another. Why didn't the flight crew do more than merely give him an order? Why didn't they take the bag away from him?
Doesn't sound like they were serious if they weren't even willing to do that.
“still asthmatic”
Common to asthmatics of the 1960s/70s were parents who smoked.
Go pound sand, jerk.
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