NNEW YORK — A Delta flight from Detroit to Amsterdam was diverted to New York’s Kennedy Airport on Wednesday after passengers were served spoiled food, airline officials said.
The red flight took off from Detroit around 11 p.m. on Tuesday and landed in New York at 4 a.m. “following reports that a portion of the main cabin inflight meal service was spoiled,” a Delta spokesperson said in a statement. communicated.
A spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which manages the airport, said 14 of the plane’s 277 passengers, as well as 10 crew members, were treated by medical personnel when the flight landed. None of them required hospitalization.
It was unclear how many people in total ate the spoiled food.
Delta said it would investigate the incident.
“This is not the service Delta is known for and we sincerely apologize to our customers for the inconvenience and delay in their travel,” said the Delta spokesperson.
The Port Authority said passengers were being given hotel rooms and that all would be rebooked to continue to their destinations.
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