Exploding curry costs BA �20,000
Curry costs BA �20,000
British Airways has banned staff from using microwaves for non-airline food after an exploding curry cost the company £20, 000 in damages.
An air hostess caused chaos on a flight from Heathrow to Miami after her ready meal blew up at 35, 000ft.
Staff had to use a fire extinguisher to control the flaming high-power microwave, but British Airways insists that the incident did not endanger passenger safety.
However, the explosion caused extensive damage to the Boeing 747 which needed days of repairs.
British Airways has since banned cabin crews from using the ovens to prepare their own food and sent a warning email to its staff.
In a memo headed “microwave incident”, it instructed staff that food must be packaged carefully when using its club-class ovens because they are twice as powerful as regular domestic microwaves.
A spokesman for the airline said: “A member of the crew incorrectly used one of the on-board microwaves to heat a meal which resulted in a small fire within the oven itself. As a precaution, a specialist extinguisher was used on the microwave, however at no time was there any danger to passengers or the aircraft.”
One BA employee said: “Many cabin crew like to bring their own meals to eat.
“At first we thought it was a godsend.
“But this unfortunate incident has left us with egg on our faces.”
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