Sewing needles were discovered in six sandwiches served aboard four Delta Airlines flights from Amsterdam. The sandwiches were provided by an Amsterdam catering company.
Needles found in airline meals, 1 passenger hurt
The airline said that what appear to be sewing needles were found in five sandwiches on Sunday. One passenger on a flight to Minneapolis was injured, but the passenger declined to get medical attention, according to Delta spokeswoman Kristin Baur. The other needles were on two flights to Atlanta and one to Seattle.
Baur said flight attendants stopped serving the sandwiches as soon as the needle was discovered. Messages went out to other flights en route from Amsterdam, where the sandwiches had been prepared by a catering company. Another sandwich served on the Minneapolis-bound flight also had a needle, Baur said.
No other airlines reported incidents. The FBI is investigating and the catering company is heightening security. The airline will be using pre-packaged food during the investigation.
Maybe this is the work of a disgruntled employee or a nutcase. Terrorists typically go for the spectacular. This action could be a change in strategy in response to air travel security measures. Jokes about airline food aside, creating anxiety over every bite you take can have a huge cumulative psychological effect on travelers and potential travelers.
I wonder if the catering workers were Indonesian muslims looking to see if they could get the items past security. For sure the outcry if they did would be confirmation that security was lax.