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BRITISH Airways was forced to serve an unusual meal on a flight from the Caribbean to London that lasted 12 hours and 40 minutes. After seeing that the food from the catering was not feasible, the crew carried out plan B, aka a backup plan. This plan is unexpected because it involves the fast food restaurant KFC.
The July 23 flight traveled on a Boeing 777 from the Turks and Caicos Islands to London with a stop in Nassau, Bahamas, on Sunday. The flight crew realized that no caterer could serve them, the airline told Travel + Leisure. But rather than everyone starving, the crew of flight BA 252 came up with a creative solution: head to the Nassau airport and buy buckets of chicken from KFC.
“With the limited options available at the airport, our team stepped in and made sure our customers on these flights had something to eat,” a British Airways spokesperson told T+L. “We apologize to the customer that their full meal service was not available and we had to discontinue it at this opportunity.”
The spokesperson added that travelers were then given refreshment vouchers when they landed at London Heathrow Airport.
According to a report by One Mile At A Time, the airline’s caterer delivered inappropriate food, so everything that was going to be served on the plane was thrown away. There are limited options available at the airport so food will have to be picked up elsewhere, the airline said.
But some of the passengers on the flight appeared to be dissatisfied with their replacement meals. Video of the flight uploaded to Instagram shows the crew pacing the aisle and passing out the chickens with tongs. And one photo shows a girl sitting in business class holding some pieces of chicken in a napkin.
“@British_Airways just landed at @HeathrowAirport after 12.5 hour flight BA252 from Turks and Caicos self catering! BA should serve @kfc in Nassau giving 1 piece of chicken to some lucky passengers,” wrote one traveler on social media site X.
While the food satisfies airline passengers’ hunger, the fried chicken is a far cry from the high-end, Michelin-starred chef-made meals British Airways normally allows pre-order in its economy cabins. [sources/photo special]
