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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“Inhalation of a particulate” is probably ingestion. The question is how does a particulate travel ten rows?
On a microscopic level, onions are filled with tiny, very tightly filled bubbles of liquid. Slicing onions rips these bubbles apart, exploding a fine, aerosol mist of onion juice into the air. This is why your eyes burn from onion, but not, per se, from the chemically very similar garlic. I presume your friend breathes these onion juice droplets into his mouth and thus ingests onion juice. (It is even possible to “ingest” certain substances with your eyes!)
Absolutely necessary for survival. :-)
Even after the crew asks you not to while you're boarding?
The girl should not be allowed out in public
She should live in permanent and safe quarantine
Is eating some peanuts that important to you even after being asked not to? Considering the reason for the request, you sound pretty selfish to me.......
Selfish?
The girl is the selfish one and should not be on a public air plane. Given her condition, she should not be allowed out of her home.
As I have said in many follow up posts, the peanut eater was a jerk. But we don’t know if the girl that is this sensitive to peanuts was reacting to the jerk’s peanuts or peanut remnants from prior flights.
Furthermore, the girl was wearing no special protection against these allergens. An N-95 mask is designed to trap dust, and may have prevented this attack. But the mother, instead of protecting her daughter, assumed that having everyone obey her request would be sufficient protection. This is also selfish.
no if was asked NOT to eat them, i would not.
I still think that the girl/family thinks the world should revolve around her allergy- and that’s not how the world works.
Does she avoid elevators too? Food courts at the mall?
That’s just how i feel about the issue and many of you do not as was clear in the thread that was posted days ago but still being commentd on.
“Furthermore, the girl was wearing no special protection against these allergens. An N-95 mask is designed to trap dust, and may have prevented this attack. But the mother, instead of protecting her daughter, assumed that having everyone obey her request would be sufficient protection. This is also selfish.”
If her allergy is this bad she should wear two N-95 masks and bring an FAA-compliant portable oxygen concentrator on board with her. The O2 concentrator should have an excellent filter within.
Does your attitude apply to all disabled children who have to have special accommodation's when they fly or in their respective classrooms? You know, children who may suffer from cerebral palsy and rely on wheel chairs or downs syndrome?
Who would have thought that a mere bag of peanuts and a child who suffered anaphylactic shock because of those peanuts would reveal yet another hypocrite Christian who really has no compassion for those with disabilities when it comes to their own perfect lives........
You disgust me......but then again, you have for a long time. You sure you're not related to A+Bert?
Does it really matter? Peanuts were the cause and the passengers were asked by the flight crew not to consume them. Sheesh!
Poppy should just get used to her bedroom. She’ll be nice and safe there.
Then you've just contradicted yourself in your following comments.
I still think that the girl/family thinks the world should revolve around her allergy- and that’s not how the world works.
How does the world work when a child with a death threatening allergy's mother informs the child's school teachers about the allergy?
Should they laugh at her and ignore her or take precautions such as eliminating peanuts in the child's class room and maybe evening arming themselves with epinephrine injections such as my best friend's wife (A nurse)did with her daughter's grade school teachers and even went so far as to show how to administer the injection.
Was she wrong? Was the world revolving around the daughter?
Funny how one thread can reveal the hypocrisy of numbers of so called "Compassionate Christian Conservatives".............
i’ve never identified as a compassionate christian conservative.
would you feel better if i was crying about the people in the world with allergies?
Obviously you believe that the girl with the allergies & her mother are in the right.
I’m not sure i agree. How’s that wrong? I’m allowed to have a different opinion than you do, unless that has changed.
If she has a nut allergy, I expect her wedding night will go poorly.
this post explains your tizzy.
And this thread exposes your hypocrisy......as usual.
Yep. Have a good weekend and try to stay away from subjects that get your girl panties in a bunch.
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