UNDATED (WKRC) – Delta Air Lines has switched to pasta-only foods following a flight hijacking due to food contamination.
According to CNBC, Delta served pasta-only food in the main cabin of dozens of foreign flights on Wednesday after “spoiled” food forced one of its flights to land in New York. According to the news outlet, citing a Delta spokesperson, the airline has served pasta-only food on 75 foreign flights and served nearly as much on Thursday.
“Out of an abundance of caution, Delta has proactively adjusted our in-flight meal service on several foreign flights,” a Delta spokesperson told CBNC.
According to the Daily Mail, another 277 people were on board Delta Flight 136. The plane took off from Detroit to Amsterdam, but was diverted to JFK Airport after discovering that several food items on board were contaminated. Upon arrival at the New York airport, passengers were greeted by waiting medical teams, according to the publication.
“Medical groups were on site to welcome the plane and treat the affected passengers and crew members. Delta groups will work without delay to collect data on how this incident occurred,” Delta said in a statement received via The Mail.
The New York Post reported that another 70 people became ill after eating the affected food. Sources told the Post that the food was infected with black mold.
In the wake of the split, Delta apologized to those affected.
“This is not the service Delta is known for and we sincerely thank our consumers for the inconvenience and delays in their travel,” Delta wrote.
According to CNBC, the company opened an investigation into what happened, saying in an email that “immediate corrective measures have been put in place to prevent this from falling again. “
“As a last line of defense, read up on the plate before serving it and don’t serve any food that may contain a contaminant,” Ash Dhokte, Delta’s inflight services manager, wrote according to CNBC.
Dhokte went on to write that incidents involving food protection were “extremely rare. “
“Delta is taking cautious measures. When you have a food scare, you don’t need to have health problems on a plane,” the founder of the atmospheric studies group, Henry Harteveldt, told CNBC. “Eating pasta is the safest and smartest way. “option. “