Korean Air stops serving peanuts after flight disrupted because of teenager with allergy
- Boy with a serious nut allergy was removed from a plane after the airline refused to stop serving peanuts to people near him on flight from US to the Philippines
Korean Air Lines said on Sunday it has stopped serving peanuts as snacks to customers in response to a recent incident when two teenage brothers said they were unable to board a flight because of a peanut allergy.
The brothers’ parents said in media reports earlier this month that their sons were removed from a flight because the South Korean airline was unwilling to accommodate a serious peanut allergy.
The teens were travelling from Atlanta to the Philippines but were stranded in Seoul after Korean Air did not agree to a request to stop serving peanuts around them because the older brother has a severe peanut allergy, media outlets including USA Today and Good Morning America reported.
Korean Air has had an assorted history with nuts in recent years, with its image tarnished by the infamous “nut rage” scandal of 2014.