Cathay Pacific Passengers' Food Poisoning Symptoms for 2 consecutive Days...Estimating the cause of in-flight meals
Jan 13, 2025
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Although it is in the early stages of the investigation, in-flight meals provided by airlines are presumed to be the cause.
According to aviation-related media such as Travel Radar, 16 passengers on Cathay Pacific flight 'CX640', which left Kathmandu, Nepal, on the 7th and arrived in Hong Kong, showed symptoms of food poisoning.
They reportedly complained of vomiting, abdominal pain, nausea, and fever after eating in-flight meals.
However, about 20 additional food poisoning patients occurred on the same flight on the same schedule the next day.
Hong Kong's sanitary quarantine authorities have announced allegations of food poisoning from in-flight meals.
Cathay Pacific, however, denied the allegations, saying it stored the meals at the appropriate temperature and method.
Authorities pointed to beet salad served as an in-flight meal as the presumptive cause of food poisoning.
The possibility of food poisoning bacteria was raised because there is a high possibility of human contact during the grooming process and because it is not heated separately. Cathay Pacific has thus excluded beet salad from its current in-flight meals.
Authorities said they are visiting catering service companies to collect and investigate in-flight food samples and will announce the results soon.
A Cathay Pacific official said "We will work closely with relevant authorities and provide the necessary support to passengers complaining of food poisoning symptoms during the investigation."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
