Needles found in sandwiches on 4 Delta flights

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By JOSHUA FREED

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) and the FBI are trying to figure out how needles got into turkey sandwiches served aboard four flights from Amsterdam. One passenger was injured.

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.

The FBI's Atlanta office has opened a criminal investigation into the matter, the agency said in a written statement. An FBI spokesman in Atlanta did not immediately return a phone message seeking comment.

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.

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[leftynyc]

1. Yikes

I'm flying Delta next week to Greece. I'll bring my own food.

[dipsydoodle]

3. The caterers would've been in Holland

So if you're flying from the US I wouldn't worry too much.

Have a good holiday whatever. I was told recently by some Greek guys, in an swing band , who were here in the UK from Greece for a long weekend , not to believe what the media are saying on their subject. Be interesting to see what you find.

[leftynyc]

7. I went last year also

I wasn't on the mainland much but on the islands you would never know there was anything wrong at all. Tourism is their biggest industry and they wont let anything interfere with these months. I've gotten to know quite a few people over there and am looking forward to hearing the story from them.

I also don't really eat on planes. I hate flying so take ambien and sleep most of the trip.

[Marrah_G]

6. Your flight originates from here

You should be fine.

[CountAllVotes]

8. Of course they'll x-ray that food you bring

Lovely isn't it?

Have a great trip btw.

[leftynyc]

17. They can xray my trail mix

as much as they like. Thanks for the good wishes - I need a vacation badly.

[MADem]

2. Someone in the catering company is pissed, perhaps--maybe got a demotion? nt

[dipsydoodle]

4. Well they must've had

the needle about something I guess.

[They_Live]

5. This kind of thing

really impacts the trust level between me and airplane food.

[AtheistCrusader]

9. They inject some poultry with starch, glucose, and thickener.

Perhaps the machine that does the work broke, and nobody noticed for a while.

[truthisfreedom]

10. Sewing needles.

Quite clear in the original article. Some lunatic put sewing needles in the sandwiches.

This is not going to turn out well.

[AtheistCrusader]

15. Yiiiikes.

That is vicious.

[Duer 157099]

11. Oh, sewing needles!

I thought they were hypodermic needles. Whew.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. This looks like a more thorough article/video.

What are the rules of latest news? Would this be considered a duplicate:

Man Who Bit Into Needle Found in Sandwiches on Delta Flight Put on Anti-HIV Medication

One of the airline passengers who bit into a sandwich containing a one-inch needle earlier this week has now been put on antiretroviral drugs used for the treatment of HIV, and says the FBI is investigating the incidents aboard four Delta Air Lines flights as a criminal case.

James Tonges said he was placed on the drug Truvada, which has recently been approved by the FDA, following the incident aboard a Delta flight from Amsterdam to Minneapolis-St. Paul. Half a dozen sewing needles have now been found in sandwiches on four separate Delta flights, and Tonges, who was sitting in his flight's business elite cabin, was unfortunate to have bitten into one of them.

"It was on the second bite into the sandwich, it actually poked the top of my mouth. It was about one inch long, straight needle," Tonges told "Good Morning America." "Since it punctured the top of my mouth, I had to be put on medication, and we're waiting to see if there's any type of substance on the needle. They're doing their examination right now."

Tonges and another passenger sustained minor injuries after biting into the sandwiches and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)officials found a third needle after confiscating the sandwiches, according to an official report. Dr. Jack A. Drogt, a passenger Tonges had coincidentally met aboard his flight over to Europe, also found a needle in his sandwich.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/man-bit-needle-found-sandwiches-delta-flight-put/story?id=16792771#.UAWPbJE_e6I

[harmonicon]

13. mmmmm..... needles. (nt)

[Odin2005]

14. I'm betting it was a disgruntled worker.

[thelordofhell]

16. That's why if I don't see a sandwich (or burger) made in front of me......

I take it apart.......put it back together......then eat it (well that and it usually is originally put together sloppy)

[4th law of robotics]

18. Well sure the food is full of needles, but at least no one had liquids of greater than 2 oz

that would have been a catastrophe.

[lib2DaBone]

19. This will be better than spilling a cup of coffee at McDonalds

I once found a mouse in a bottle of Pepsi...

I guess TSA will have to put a surcharge of $15 per sandwich. Protect us.