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Ashlie D. Stevens

How airplane food became a punchline

Last Tuesday, a Delta redeye flight took off from Detroit at around 11 p.m. When the plane’s 277 passengers went to sleep, they were likely expecting to wake up somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean on their eight-hour, non-stop flight to Amsterdam. Instead, the plane made an emergency landing at New York’s Kennedy Airport “after reports that a portion of the Main Cabin in-flight meal service were spoiled.” 

Some travelers told CBS Detroit they bit into chicken that tasted “really sour,” while others reported spotting black mold on some of the pre-packaged meals. 

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