Mushroom soup forces flight diversion
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/aug/28/ryanair.theairlineindustry
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Two passenger jets had to make emergency landings last week after two incidents involving a leaking jar of mushroom soup and a microwave fire.
In the first incident, passengers on a Thomsonfly flight to Gatwick panicked when black smoke filled the cabin minutes after take-off from Pula, western Croatia. The flight was forced to turn back to the airport where technicians discovered an "installation error" in the plane's microwave.
In the second incident, a passenger on a Ryanair flight from Budapest to Dublin needed medical treatment after a jar of soup leaked in an overhead locker, dripping onto his face. The soup caused an allergic reaction and the man suffered swelling to his neck and struggled to breathe, forcing the aircraft to be diverted to Frankfurt, in Germany. The Boeing 737 was delayed for two hours while doctors treated the man.
The bizarre incidents followed another emergency landing involving a Ryanair flight from Bristol to Spain. The plane had to divert to Limoges, in France, on Monday after it plummeted 26,000ft following a sudden loss of cabin pressure. Sixteen passengers received medical treatment.
In the first incident, passengers on a Thomsonfly flight to Gatwick panicked when black smoke filled the cabin minutes after take-off from Pula, western Croatia. The flight was forced to turn back to the airport where technicians discovered an "installation error" in the plane's microwave.
In the second incident, a passenger on a Ryanair flight from Budapest to Dublin needed medical treatment after a jar of soup leaked in an overhead locker, dripping onto his face. The soup caused an allergic reaction and the man suffered swelling to his neck and struggled to breathe, forcing the aircraft to be diverted to Frankfurt, in Germany. The Boeing 737 was delayed for two hours while doctors treated the man.
The bizarre incidents followed another emergency landing involving a Ryanair flight from Bristol to Spain. The plane had to divert to Limoges, in France, on Monday after it plummeted 26,000ft following a sudden loss of cabin pressure. Sixteen passengers received medical treatment.
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unclepete
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Air travel in other part of the world is still quite nice! Even on the budget airlines!
I feel bad for the mushroom soup man... Not nearly the same reaction, but I had a flight attendant once accidentally spill a liter of grape juice on me on an Air Botswana flight...
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unclepete
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purplefox
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I didn't even know that budget airlines still provided food beyond overprices sandwiches and chocolate bars.
How unlucky can you be to not only have a jar of leaking soup, but have it directly over a heavily allergic passenger??
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purplefox
