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Take your own food
At least where Gate Gourmet is catering
Needle found in sandwich served on Air Canada flight
If you feared airplane food couldn’t get worse, a passenger on an Air Canada flight bound for Pearson International Airport in Mississauga from Victoria, B.C. found a sewing needle in a prepackaged sandwich, an airline spokesperson has confirmed.
Investigators are trying to determine if the sandwiches were prepared by Gate Gourmet, one of the world’s largest airline caterers that operates on five continents. Gate Gourmet has facilities in Mississauga and Richmond, B.C.
“Safety is always our top priority so we are taking this matter very seriously,” Air Canada spokesperson Peter Fitzpatrick wrote in an email. “We immediately contacted the caterers that provision our flights, and a full investigation is under way.”
Fitzpatrick said the airline will work closely with the police in their investigation. He declined to comment further.
Monday’s discovery comes two weeks after similar needles were discovered in sandwiches served on four Delta Air Line flights leaving from Amsterdam. The FBI and Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport have opened criminal investigations.
A Delta spokeswoman told The Associated Press that the passengers discovered four of the six needles aboard flights on July 15. One of the needles reportedly jabbed a passenger’s mouth.
Those sandwiches had been prepared by Gate Gourmet.
In 2010, Gate Gourmet’s parent company, gategroup, bought leading Canadian airline caterer Cara Airline Solutions. At that time, Cara’s key customers included Air Canada and VIA Rail.
Needle found in sandwich served on Air Canada flight
If you feared airplane food couldn’t get worse, a passenger on an Air Canada flight bound for Pearson International Airport in Mississauga from Victoria, B.C. found a sewing needle in a prepackaged sandwich, an airline spokesperson has confirmed.
Investigators are trying to determine if the sandwiches were prepared by Gate Gourmet, one of the world’s largest airline caterers that operates on five continents. Gate Gourmet has facilities in Mississauga and Richmond, B.C.
“Safety is always our top priority so we are taking this matter very seriously,” Air Canada spokesperson Peter Fitzpatrick wrote in an email. “We immediately contacted the caterers that provision our flights, and a full investigation is under way.”
Fitzpatrick said the airline will work closely with the police in their investigation. He declined to comment further.
Monday’s discovery comes two weeks after similar needles were discovered in sandwiches served on four Delta Air Line flights leaving from Amsterdam. The FBI and Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport have opened criminal investigations.
A Delta spokeswoman told The Associated Press that the passengers discovered four of the six needles aboard flights on July 15. One of the needles reportedly jabbed a passenger’s mouth.
Those sandwiches had been prepared by Gate Gourmet.
In 2010, Gate Gourmet’s parent company, gategroup, bought leading Canadian airline caterer Cara Airline Solutions. At that time, Cara’s key customers included Air Canada and VIA Rail.
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Holey socks! Is this for reel? Let's hope they pin down those responsible soon.
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I prefer knitting needles myself. At least they are big enough that you can see them sticking up through the tin foil on the dish.
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Some great jokes flying about here ... but this is why in the UK we are having to jump through hoops for the "known supplier" protocol ...
This type of incident begins to justify the quite extraordinary barriers which are put in place and hinder the efficient provision of airside services ...
In the course of my work I visit 20+ UK regional airports ... having to fill in a 9 page document in order to get a visitors pass for airside is quite ridiculous ... and at some locations having to apply 72 hours in advance is also a barrier normal commercial operations... when considered against the background of what is being reported here ...
But hearing stories like this you begin to understand that airport security is an un-winable game ...
This type of incident begins to justify the quite extraordinary barriers which are put in place and hinder the efficient provision of airside services ...
In the course of my work I visit 20+ UK regional airports ... having to fill in a 9 page document in order to get a visitors pass for airside is quite ridiculous ... and at some locations having to apply 72 hours in advance is also a barrier normal commercial operations... when considered against the background of what is being reported here ...
But hearing stories like this you begin to understand that airport security is an un-winable game ...
