Seems things were different back in 1986!
EK crew seem to be good at dealing with all sorts of problems .. I remember when I first flew with them back in 1990, and half of all the economy food heaters were out (goodness knows why) on a DXB-BOM flight, and they had to warm everything up front ... they were very polite about the thing, and very good ... I've gone off track and I'll shut up!
Jordan