Posted on 07/03/2024 9:23:42 AM PDT by DFG
A Delta Airlines flight was diverted to New York City after passengers and crew, including both pilots, were served moldy chicken, a traveler has revealed.
Nancy Kirchoff, 65, was on the Amsterdam bound flight with her husband when it made an emergency landing at JFK Airport in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The pilot announced they were turning around because there was 'some type of food issue and people were sick', Kirchoff told DailyMail.com.
'They said they saw some mold on the chicken,' she added. 'I asked if anyone had gotten sick and they told us no one had been affected, but the pilots both ate the chicken.'
Medics met the plane after it landed at JFK and aid was provided to 14 passengers and 10 flight crew, all of whom declined to receive medical attention.
The A330 plane, which had 277 customers on board, departed from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport just before 11pm Tuesday.
The flight crew decided to divert to NYC after it was discovered that a portion of the in-flight meal service had been spoiled, a Delta spokesperson told DailyMail.com.
'We were probably halfway to Amsterdam, around Nova Scotia and starting to cross ocean when the pilot came on and said there was some type of food issue,' Kirchoff recalled.
She said that the flight attendants then 'came around to each row and asked if everyone was feeling good or sick.'
That's when she asked the crew about the food issue and was allegedly told that mold was discovered on the chicken. She also claims the flight attendants disclosed that both pilots had eaten the meal.
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Sorry: Should have been reactive or proactive.
Over Macho Grande?
Beat me to it. I knew it was an Airbus or Boeing would have been in the headline.
I’ll never be over Macho Grande…Surely.
Beat me to it.
Who in their right mind eats airplane food?
NAME THE FOOD COMPANY!
Well I would have the fish.
Much more likely a norovirus.
You need to jump off that wagon. It gets old.
I can remember (wayyyyy back) when Delta served surprisingly good food on their flights.
I couldn’t find the exact one quickly
I wanted: He says he’s sick and he would like to see the doctor
-PJ
It used to be the case. Stated to me by flight attendant when I didn't want the cold cereal option in first class. One of the cockpit crew had to eat the hot breakfast, the other cold cereal to avoid both eating the same food.
What happens if you eat mold?
Past the initial “ick factor” of consuming mold, “not a whole lot happens,” said Dr. Christine Lee, a gastroenterologist at the Cleveland Clinic.
Surely, you can’t be serious.
Gave up on airline food long ago - I’ll eat my granola bar and bottled water, thanks.
It’s just furrier than the spinach!
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