Thomson makes nutty error
20.04.08
When a passenger with a severe nut allergy told flight attendants of his condition, they went to extraordinary lengths to ensure his safety, the Telegraph reports. A Tannoy announcement warned fellow fliers not to eat any nuts or even open a cereal bar for fear of triggering an anaphylactic reaction. But the cabin crew ruined all their good work during the in-flight meal when they began handing out puddings topped with muesli. The label said: ‘May contain nuts.’
The newspaper reports that travellers boarded the plane in Geneva last Saturday for their journey back to Gatwick Airport when staff from Thomsonfly announced: ‘One passenger has a very severe nut allergy so could no one either eat nuts or even open a packet of nuts while on board.’
A passenger, Marcus Primhak, from Cardiff, told the Telegraph: ‘We were flying back from a skiing holiday and were really hungry. First they asked us not to eat any nuts. Next they asked us can we not open a pack of nuts. We had some cereal bars but put them away. But when they served us the meal we had a look at the fruits of the forest yoghurt and saw it had all this muesli on top and the label said it contained nuts. We were too scared to eat it.’
A spokesman for Thomsonfly apologised for upsetting passengers and said the yoghurt had been incorrectly labelled. He told the newspaper that the yoghurt contained muesli but there were no nuts.
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