Needles Found in Some Delta Airlines Food on Flights from Amsterdam
4 sewing needles were found in Delta Airlines Sandwiches
Delta Airlines revealed yesterday that needles were found in 4 turkey sandwiches on separate flights from Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport to the United States.
According to the airline, 2 sewing needles were discovered by passengers and then 2 more were discovered later…one by a Federal Air Marshall.
‘The objects were discovered in food on planes as they were en route from Schiphol Airport to Minneapolis, Seattle, and on two flights to Atlanta, according to Delta spokeswoman Kristin Baur.’
One passenger was injured by one of the needles on a Delta flight heading to Minneapolis according to the Delta spokeswoman but the person declined treatment after landing.
Amsterdam food company Gate Gourmet made the sandwiches for Delta Airlines and has been in business since 1992.
“This is a terribly upsetting situation,” said Gate Gourmet spokeswoman Christina Ulosevich. “First and foremost is the safety of the traveling public. There’s nothing more important to us at all then the safety of the passengers and crews.”
Delta says they are now only serving sealed food packages to flyers and there have been no further incidents.
“Delta requires all its in-flight caterers to adhere to strict criteria in order to offer our customers the very best onboard meals,” Baur told CNN in a statement. “The safety and security of our passengers and crew is Delta’s number one priority.”
The TSA has informed all U.S. airlines that fly from Schiphol of the situation.
“TSA continues to closely monitor the review of the incidents as well as the security protocols being conducted by the air carrier and the airport authority,” spokesman David Castelveter said.
Gate Gourmet is investigating the incident but would not divulge whether they have taken any action against an employee:
“We don’t have any comment. It’s part of an active investigation.”
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Interesting. You have to think someone at the food vendor was disgruntled and wanted to cause harm. We’ll see what the investigation brings.
That’s my guess Jim. I’m surprised the food doesn’t have to go through x-ray machines or something before entering the plane…
I thoroughly agree with Jim and Chris but I fail to see how “Delta says they are now only serving sealed food packages to flyers” can avoid future incidents of this type.
Good point Liese…because in my opinion…you can’t avoid it. You can make it harder, but never prevent it.
I don’t buy airplane food anyway lol
20 years ago airplane food was actually decent. It’s not now, and on top of that it’s expensive!
Tell me about it!
But i suppose this incident was just as likely to occur at a neighborhood McDonalds as it was on the plane… Why is this such a “big thing” just because it was on a plane? It’s not like they smuggled a gun in the food, it’s just a pin! I’m sure the pins made it through security just fine. The people who put it in the food must have gone through security, no?
Needles couldn’t be used for weapons in any way and there would be no way of knowing who the needles would reach in the end. So obviously not terrorism. But then, they aren’t putting needles in foods on accident, so it must have been a stupid and dangerous prank or something.
We live in a dangerous world. What I question is the lies the PDX (Portland) TSA staff told to me. The many hours delay were first explained away as #1 THE PLANE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTENING AND IS GROUNDED. #2 THE PLANE EXPERIENCED MECHANICAL PROBLEMS AND IS GROUNDED WHILE THEY ARE WORKED ON. #3 DELTA HAS GROUNDED YOUR PLANE. IT WILL NOT FLY TODAY. WE ARE TRYING TO GET A SUBSTITUTE PLANE FROM MINNEAPOLIS. I learned only when I returned home to Portland about the pins in the food. We were served rather mundane food on the flight (eventually) which I would have preferred not to consume had the passengers been informed with the TRUTH.