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(UK) 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
FOR MAILONLINE ^ | 6 June 2022 | NICK PISA

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine
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To: JD_UTDallas

On one hand you claim lawful orders must be followed and then you followed that up with felony assault and murder by yourself. Childish bravado that would get you killed if I saw you do it.


281 posted on 06/06/2022 11:58:54 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

You answer proves yes, and even worse.


282 posted on 06/06/2022 11:58:57 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: Gay State Conservative

“Why the change?”

Vaccine cocktails children have been forced to get over the last decade or two.


283 posted on 06/06/2022 11:59:23 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Joe Biden has been protected by assault weapons his entire adult life. )
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Those nuts 10 rows over didn’t do all that. Perhaps you should learn more and condemn less.


284 posted on 06/06/2022 11:59:50 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice
***I *** have had anaphylaxis and almost died while I was in the hospital post op.

And I think this is where you are coming from.

Did you put yourself at risk to precipitate the incident to which you refer? Would you do it again?

If boarding a plane would potentially cause this, would you board a plane?

285 posted on 06/06/2022 12:00:05 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Chickensoup

“FR has become chin deep in jerks recently”

You ignorant people that freak out about crap and demand everyone participate in their ignorance and psychosis.


286 posted on 06/06/2022 12:01:06 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: DiogenesLamp

They probably have protocols for handling these things. There isn’t any information that I saw regarding anything the man said, if he was acting belligerently, whether the situation might escalate, etc.


287 posted on 06/06/2022 12:01:29 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: MayflowerMadam
Poppy needed to take better better care of her kid

Poppy is 14. If she has a kid it's her own problem.

288 posted on 06/06/2022 12:02:20 PM PDT by humblegunner (Ain't drownin', Just wavin'...)
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To: DPMD

“Move her ass to another seat. But no, airline authoritarianism uber alley.”

Yep. NO common sense solutions, just attack others for their own weaknesses and failure to think.


289 posted on 06/06/2022 12:03:14 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: Manuel OKelley; Cowgirl of Justice
I have a lot of severe allergies and have been living with them all my life, I don’t expect the world to stop what they are doing to accommodate me—I plan ahead and if I had an allergy this severe I’d probably spend my life in hiding rather than expect everyone else to accommodate me.

Cowgirl of Justice, I'd like you to meet Manuel OKelley. He has a rational view of the situation but he also shares a similar sort of risk as yourself.

Manuel, thank you for that breath of fresh reason.

290 posted on 06/06/2022 12:03:51 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: abigkahuna

I wonder if the girl had been so sterilized thanks to Kung Flu lockdowns and probably had a dozen “boosters” it destroyed her immune system. I too, never remember any peanut allergies when I was a kid. I only knew a couple kids that needed epipens. One was deathly allergic to wasp stings, and another who had sever celiac disease. Never nuts.


291 posted on 06/06/2022 12:04:44 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Are you sure you want me to do that? It might make the ground rumble enough to trip you up again.


292 posted on 06/06/2022 12:04:47 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: dennisw

Dottir-Girl needs to find other means of transportation.
Not all people are going to be willing to change their customs to suit her needs.


293 posted on 06/06/2022 12:04:50 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: DPMD

“Anyone suspect Munchausen’s in the mother’s case? She’s getting a lot of press.”

That was my first thought but I held off since most here have no clue what it is or how this situation is possibly a manifestation of Munchausen by Proxy.

Far too women have turned their children into little dollies, from turning them into homosexual transvestites to helicopter parents to hypochondriacs.


294 posted on 06/06/2022 12:05:03 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: dsrtsage

Absent going into a long rant - as I’m unwilling - you aptly hit the nail on the head (in part).

Skipping the rant about causation, a diseased population is a controlled population (and it’s profitable, too).


295 posted on 06/06/2022 12:08:41 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: EBH

maybe he figured he had already released killer peanut dust/odor into the air so he figured he would continue to chow down.
I can read- you have a nice day.


296 posted on 06/06/2022 12:09:23 PM PDT by ronniesgal (is it safe?)
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To: Jamestown1630

Research from several years ago leaned towards overuse of Tylenol as a result of cautions of not using aspirin for young children.


297 posted on 06/06/2022 12:09:53 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: dennisw

sounds kind of nutty. First, we had 2nd hand smoke, now 2nd hand peanut smell.


298 posted on 06/06/2022 12:10:18 PM PDT by euram
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

FR “libertarians” are some of the most callous, excuses for human beings around.

They have their rights, donthchaknow, and God help anyone who tramples on them. They don’t care if anyone lives or dies because of their actions. The other person just needs to give up their entire lives to make room for them.

And those next in line are the ones who have the great blessing of good health and think everyone who is not as fortunate as them are weaklings or hypochondriacs. IOW, just because they don’t personally experience something, it doesn’t exist.


299 posted on 06/06/2022 12:10:37 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…..)
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To: frogjerk

“Peanut allergies can be cured.”

But how would that help people like Poppy’s mom with Munchausen By Proxy? She wouldn’t be the first mother to deliberately place a kid in a life-threatening situation to get attention.

The person standing next to Poppy washing her hands in the airport restroom could’ve gobbled a pound of peanuts five minutes earlier. No problem with that, though.


300 posted on 06/06/2022 12:10:50 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Joe Biden has been protected by assault weapons his entire adult life. )
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