Four American Airlines flight attendants taken ill in Rome after eating unused passenger meals
Four cabin crew members on an American Airlines positioning flight to Rome Fiumicino reported feeling sick after eating leftover, unserved passenger meals during the Atlantic crossing, according to the carrier's own transmissions.
Four American Airlines flight attendants became ill in Italy after eating leftover passenger meals on a flight from the United States, the airline said in transmissions to its operations centre.
The sequence began with the cancellation of American Airlines flight AA239 on October 3. To reposition the widebody aircraft for its next scheduled service, the carrier flew a Boeing 777-200ER, registration N786AN, to Rome Fiumicino Airport. It landed at 05:07 UTC on Sunday, October 4.
At 05:56 UTC, less than an hour later, the flight deck crew contacted the airline's dispatch centre. Four cabin crew members were ill, they reported. The flight attendants said they began feeling sick shortly after eating leftover, unserved passenger meals while crossing the Atlantic.
No further detail was given on their condition or on any medical treatment. The aircraft was cleared for its return flight, departing Rome as flight AA9601 bound for Dallas-Fort Worth at 06:05 UTC on Monday, October 5, carrying passengers. It left on schedule.
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