LONDON —Forget about curry in a hurry, especially if you’re a flight attendant on an airplane en route to Miami.
One such employee of British Airways recently caused nearly $40,000 of damage to a jumbo jet when at 35,000 feet she tried to heat up frozen curry in a microwave and it exploded midflight. —Forget about curry in a hurry, especially if you’re a flight attendant on an airplane en route to Miami.
Despite the damage, the trans-Atlantic flight continued on its way to Miami after the flight crew grabbed a fire extinguisher to douse the burning microwave oven. —Forget about curry in a hurry, especially if you’re a flight attendant on an airplane en route to Miami.
Because of the mishap, British Airways sent out a “secret” memo to staff members that banned personal use of its new high-powered microwaves in club class kitchens aboard its fleet of 747 jets. The memo goes on to say that any food put into the ovens needs special packaging as they are twice as strong as the domestic ones, and that the curry incident had disastrous consequences. —Forget about curry in a hurry, especially if you’re a flight attendant on an airplane en route to Miami.
According to The Sun newspaper in London, one BA employee said: “Many cabin crew [members] like to bring their own meals to eat. At first we thought the microwaves were a godsend, but this unfortunate incident has left us with egg on our faces.” —Forget about curry in a hurry, especially if you’re a flight attendant on an airplane en route to Miami.
