All the pilots in the flight deck of a recent British Airways flight from India to the UK became violently ill, to the point that one was even incapacitated. It’s believed that the “culprit” here was their layover hotel, where they all ate together. As you’d expect, the airline is now investigating.
However, there didn’t actually end up being much rest on this flight, and it sounds like they instead just took turns in the bathroom. It’s not clear when the issues started, but at some point during the flight, one of the first officers became violently ill, to the point that he was incapacitated, and had to be put on oxygen.
Meanwhile the other two pilots also had symptoms of food poisoning, but could continue working. Fortunately, those symptoms only worsened significantly after the plane landed back in the UK, and the airline insists that the safety of passengers wasn’t compromised. All three pilots filed Air Safety Reports over the incident, and were asked to provide samples, so that doctors could try to pinpoint the source.
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