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I had a fine time on JAL, theyve come a long way since being responsible for one of the more infamous food/air incidents - the poop plane: https://en.m.wikipedi

• rjh29 3y ago
  Wow, thanks for that. So much to unpack here! 1) 200 people with diarrhea and vomiting. Can't imagine how the plane smelled. 2) JAL's catering manager committed suicide after hearing about this. 3) If the pilots had eaten the food the plane may not have even landed safely - at the time pilots did not eat different meals to the passengers, but this is now commonplace. 4) Ultimate cause was actually American - Alaskan cooks in Anchorage prepared the food, and one had infected blisters on his hand. 5) Could have been prevented if the food wasn't stored at room temperature for 6 and then 8 hours. Matches my experience with Japanese people who have no problem leaving cooked food out in supermarkets all day long, or leaving leftovers overnight at room temperature without chilling it, very different to the US or UK.
• mikestew 3y ago
  Ah, yes, the inspiration for the 1980 documentary Airplane!, with Leslie Nielson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airplane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airplane!