How 1 Meal Took Down a Plane with 144 Passengers

This free flight on Japan Airlines in 1975 heading to Paris, would end up being the passengers' worst nightmare.
The flight attendants were ready to serve breakfast, reheating a stack of ham omelettes to begin their meal service. The passengers woke up, hungry after several hours of flying, and excited to eat a freshly prepared breakfast.
Little did they know, these eggs would take down the entire plane.
Let’s get into it!
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[@serioushex3893]

the fact that their thought was "CALL THE JAPANESE RESTAURANTS" is genius.

[@LocaLGh0sT]

Funny how one cook caused the problems and how other helped.

[@nonchip]

the fact they had to is sad :P

[@kutter_ttl6786]

​@@nonchip This was 1970s Denmark. You can't expect to be many Japanese living there back then.

[@ericklestrange6255]

weird they found japanese tho. they are usually run by chinese

[@tylermorgan5230]

Poor guy man I should of stay home

[@czmAvery]

As someone who just came off of a bout of food poisoning, I CANNOT imagine having to go through this it on a plane ...

[@lifeisa.smalllesson4607]

W 100 more people...

[@stardust5262]

I feel u

[@ku8721]

Going through food poisoning on a plane? Surely you must be joking!

[@TheosAviation]

I got food poisoning on my birthday from my birthday cake once, but at least I wasn't 30,000 feet in the air in an airplane

[@stardust5262]

@@TheosAviation oof food poisoning on your birthday that has to be the worst birthday ever

[@leapinglizard3937]

Japanese CEOs who take their life over something so minimal, just punches me in the heart every time.

[@YourAverageSpeedrunner]

food poisoning 144 people isn’t very minimal, though he shouldn’t of took his life

[@nogrammer]

​@@YourAverageSpeedrunner he wasn't really to blame though

[@YourAverageSpeedrunner]

@@nogrammer well of course, not the whole incident, but the manager is supposed to check the chefs health but he never did, though like i just said, it’s not just his fault as if the people storing the food actually stored it correctly, the bacteria wouldn’t of survived

[@artimuos903]

Well they always believes in Sepaku.

[@ninahana2793]

@@YourAverageSpeedrunner yeah like if managers check anything to begin with. Our manager is to busy planning his next vacation just a week after returning from his 2 weeks vacation, where do you suppose he finds time to check anything work related.

[@kcshines1581]

I’m a cook myself, and I can’t imagine grabbing a bunch of food with bandaged hands. Gloves always, wash your hands like mad. This is why DHEC is so strict about guidelines when they visit! Holy smokes is that scary!

[@ingamingpc1634]

Got that right You wouldn't believe how many times I wash my hands at work I washed my hands because I have to and because plates are greasy from all the grease the chicken and meat and other things that touch it because I work in a shakey's that makes pizza fresh never mind the fact that on our first day at work for training we're taught drilled on how everything works

[@Idk-raindrops]

Am a baker that has a private business that does all the work- fondant and other materials stick to my hands too much so I just wash my hands like mad when I can't use gloves

[@angelachouinard4581]

People seem to think it's funny when Gordon Ramsey goes ballistic on his shows for poor hygiene and cleanliness. I know it's ramped up for TV but it's a lot more serious than people realize. I can't believe eggs went unrefrigerated all that time, especially American eggs.

[@GoatzombieBubba]

There was a study done that showed that there are more bacteria on gloves then bare hands.

[@MalissiaCreates]

I’m just cooking and baking at home and I wash my hands every time I touch something non-food before I go back to the food. I can’t imagine people being willing to be disgusting after leaving the bathroom and not washing their hands or not wearing gloves, it is crazy not to have that basic level of general hygiene.

[@Harudodo]

It was probably an assassination attempt by Pepsi

[@taploko]

No,the manager was not aware that he had very deadly lesions

[@Harudodo]

​@@taploko yes

[@VortexKiller2]

I can just see Pepsiman running alongside the plane in the air in my head spraying pepsi from 1 liter bottles through the windows to sabotage the flight XD

[@Harudodo]

@@VortexKiller2 oh my gods 😭

[@KikiChan_007]

​@@Harudodo lol

[@jonathansherwood5841]

Can we appreciate how everyone came together to help out people from different countries on short notice? 🐺🔧

[@DianaWanMa]

Of course, there were millions of dollars of potential lawsuits involved

[@Sarge92]

as if they really had a choice the plane would have come in under emergency which grants it priority landing the country they landed in wasn't going to deny medical treatment as that has its own host of lawsuits and even if that country didn't have free healthcare travelers insurance and the airlines insurance is paying for the whole thing but ultimately its not like you could deny them treatment you'd be landed with wrongfully death lawsuits

[@test-rj2vl]

@@DianaWanMa Nah, Japanese speaking restaurants workers have no obligation to show up. Those lawsuits would be against airline, no one could have touched those local restaurant employees if they had not shown up, it's entirely a good will gesture.

[@Captain_Clobb]

No.

[@Myrcella_Rykker]

​@@test-rj2vl exactly, it's the kindness of strangers. Those restaurant workers didn't have to go to the hospital to act as translators. Their managers didn't have to give them time off go help sick foreigners. I'm sure the Japanese restaurants that helped where severely understaffed due to helping with this medical emergency, which cut into the restaurants profits. I don't think the restaurant staff got financial compensation for donating their skills. There is no way of sueing those people into helping. They did it out of compassion and kindness

[@IBZI7]

I used to work at an airport in the Tri State area and there was a job I had to do where I had be in a airplane food building monitoring those handling food. My job was to literally tell these individuals to wash their hands after coming out of the bathroom. The boys bathroom was on the left and the girls bathroom was on the right and there was a sink in the middle of the bathroom. It was made mandatory to them to wash their hands there after coming out. These people would literally argue with me refusing to wash their hands. It was absolutely ridiculous.

[@Saltmaster-ro4ep]

Doofenschmirtz Airline Incorporated!

[@rylandrc]

And here I thought the Tri State Area was just a fictional name used for a cartoon show.

[@adjustedbrass7551]

Sounds about right

[@margaretkur8161]

Should be grounds for dismissal!

[@DogDogGodFog]

Imagine being a chef and not washing your hands 💀

[@kyokoyumi]

The fact he decided not to wear gloves with wounds on his fingers appals me as a former healthcare worker and current food service worker.

[@bb4251]

The 1970s were a strange time

[@CokeZorro]

It's pretty normal even now

[@mrchefcheck]

I work in microbiology. You can take a tiny isolated colony of e. coli or staph aureus for example, and streak it on a blood agar plate (petri dish with nutrients for the bacteria). Under good conditions, you will start to see visible growth in as little as 3-4 hours on the media. That's how fast some of these can multiply.

[@TY-PO]

It’s freaky how fast these things multiply. I’m part of a biotech program at my Highschool, and we grow E. coli samples almost every week. Aseptic technique, disinfecting, and sterilization are *key* .

[@sumedhabhattacharya9148]

This is indeed so scary.

[@spicybrown75]

Yep. Worked in a biochem lab. We grew bacterial cells that doubled every 3-4 hours, yeast cells took longer like 12 hours.

[@catalinacurio]

I’ve been in a ward when Nora virus broke out, literally one patient after the other, bed by bed like dominoes.

[@CokeZorro]

This is extremely rare and it's why American food code is broken and way to oversafe and encourages food waste.

[@PastaAivo]

Don't know if this is the case everywhere, but apparently the captain gets first choice on the food and co-pilots have to opt for something else entirely to prevent both getting sick. Also crew meals are different from the passenger ones (and usually quite nice).

[@FireStriker_]

So that’s a common rumour and is partly true. Pilots do indeed get the first choice but the captain lets the FO go first. there is nothing stoping them from them from ordering the same meal. Most pick different meals due to what they feel like eating at the time.

[@FireStriker_]

What is also true is that meals for both captain and co-pilot are staggered so both will not fall Il at the same time

[@guywholikesplanes]

From what I've heard it's common courtesy for the captain to let the FO choose first. They commonly get to choose from the 1st class meal choices, and I'd argue that they eat staggered so the other pilot is not busy eating and can still manage the plane.

[@wolfy8006]

There are normally 2 choices of meals and the pilot and copilot have to choose differently one in case of food poisoning. Normally the pilot is the one making the first choice. At least it was like this in the airline I know.

[@wenchfisterx]

Captains and co pilots bring their own lunch lol ..

[@kokonana4086]

Japanese sense of honor and integrity is so admirable to some yet proves deadly to Kenji here. Such a tragedy for him to take his own life for this one time mishap. RIP.

[@twweety9]

So sad 😢I’m sure none of them wanted him to loose his life

[@bread4108]

What’s unfortunate about this situation is that it’s likely the same way he always operated, just thinking nothing of it because one of the several factors besides his health check kept an outbreak from happening. Once he (possibly) realized he’d been making that mistake all along, he may have really plunged into the depths of guilt that eventually resulted in him taking his own life.

[@pokenoobmx3445]

admirable? he didn't hesitate to unalive himself and leave behind an entire family lol

[@lambsauce5312]

Honor and integrity, also known as foolishness, traditionalism, and servitude

[@someguy8273]

It's sad that he cared so much about his mistake since he could have lived on and reformed airline food service and normalized a safe standard for air travelers

[@karenrompis6989]

I remember a food poisoning when boarding a plane back in the 80s, even the flight crew was sick and the plane have to be piloted by a former airforce pilot and a filght attendant. Really scary stuff, luckily there's a doctor aboard my flight

[@WickerBag]

Surely you can't be serious.

[@karenrompis6989]

@@WickerBag i am serious, and don't call me Sherly

[@lizvtaz6]

I got food poisoning from a salad that I had on a KLM flight from from either Denmark or Netherlands to Moscow back in 2014/15. It was salad. It was fairly severe I fell unconscious. My original flight was from Bergen to Moscow, with one transfer. So the first flight was ok, the second one had the salad.

[@dreamystone]

Gosh, I remember that flight. Definitely the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

[@sofakingonmynuts1438]

@@WickerBag A hospital?

[@suzeldiegoguerra2943]

Shoutout to the hospital staff's quick thinking when there were no interpreters available! However all hospitals should have these services on-hand!

[@laurieb3703]

It's much easier nowadays though. Remember this was back in the '70s

[@amandafrance8464]

today they are required to in the US at least, and it has to be free for the patient. and it's much easier now since you can have access to many more interpreters over the phone or video call than you can have on hand in person

[@foreverdreamwithinadream6871]

To be fair, it was a different time. Now it is easier as more and more people are learning different languages (especially when it comes to moving to other countries or working for a business. Some businesses these days will even pay for you to learn another language if you travel a lot or meet up with different people) and they are making it easier for others; but back than, it was probably harder to learn some languages as it wasn't as common or had as many resources.

[@zechsblack5891]

I'll never not think of the episode of house where they hire a camgirl to translate for them in the smallpox episode

[@Seeker0fTruth]

@@zechsblack5891 but 9/10 the mystery illness was eventually diagnosed as sarcoidosis lol

[@happyvocal]

Holy cow that plane must have smelled horrible, and likely everyone puking also caused a chain reaction of more puking..

[@amy-leacoopertwiggyvonlea8969]

Think about the amount of diahorrea..

[@celianeher7637]

Even if I didn't eat that meal , I would haved myself become sick from the smell.

[@truth4004]

Creepshow pie contest LOL lardass

[@Christopherianmatt]

@@truth4004that was in Stand By Me. Lol. Both great films.

[@BlueThunderboltsiren]

My Emetophobia could never. Id be taking my chances with a parachute if tha were to happen to me.

[@METALMAN4Wii]

I feel bad for the person who had to clean up the mess.

[@Wackynores]

Fr

[@Veldrusara]

The worst part of this is that staph infection can stay in the body, latent for long periods of time, or even life, especially if the elderly become infected. It happened to my mother after she became infected by my grandfather who was infected in his nursing home, and her skin was covered in lesions which I had to clean and bandage in extensive amount of gauze for years on end. This is awful.

[@Dh-rp7gg]

That's a different strain of Staff called MRSA. MRSA usually once you have it you're colonized with it. It's an antibiotic resistant strain. I've had it and it still shows up every now and then even after 5 years. But everyone in this world has staff it lives freely on our skin and has for thousands of years. Once in awhile it causes an infection.

[@Veldrusara]

@@Dh-rp7gg I knew the second part, but not the first. Thanks!

[@areanaangel8964]

@@Dh-rp7gg Really late but my friend had this and finally kept it at Bay with garlic (pills work but fresh garlic is more effective). Garlic has multiple mechanisms for antimicrobial actions and immune boosting properties. MRSA came about because of antibiotic overuse in the population. It has not had a chance to develop resistance to fresh garlic. Antibiotics are also derived from natural things in nature and have that one compound isolated from the source. The original source often has hundreds of other anti oxidants and other compounds that work synergistically which make it much, much harder for things to become resistant. It's not only garlic, but a ton of "foods" like tumeric also have antimicrobial and immune boosting properties. I would say it doesn't hurt to try since it's "food" and relatively cheap. Also, the way most antibiotics works is that it inhibits growth of bacteria, so it your body can fight it off more easily at a low level. If you're immune system is severely weakened, antibiotics won't work or won't be effective. You're best bet is to make sure you're always getting enough sleep, eating relatively healthy to maximize your chance that your body can keep the bacteria at bay. Eating healthy also helps with speed of wound healing.

[@slcRN1971]

The worst food poisoning I suffered from, was due to food from a fast food place that had been brought by a fellow nurse for a baby shower (luckily the pregnant nurse had not eaten that chicken). All of us who had eaten that chicken (including one cute little dog), suffered persistent vomiting and diarrhea for several hours after returning home from that event. Since most of us, worked at a hospital maternity unit (L&D, nursery, and antepartum units) that left very few nurses able to work that next morning.

[@M_SC]

Is food poisoning dangerous for the fetus? Certainly pregnant women throw up a lot. But I guess it’s if any of the toxins are ingested by the fetus

[@slcRN1971]

@@M_SC : one of the biggest problems (if a pregnant lady gets food poisoning) is dehydration and electrolyte imbalance, which can bring preterm labor.

[@M_SC]

@@slcRN1971 thank you!

[@lechking941]

lol well at lest the at the time mom to be did not get it.

[@Aquatic25]

What happened to the dog after?

[@piyoweb]

I felt sorry for the manager. There was no way for him to know the his staff's finger wounds weren't just a simple cut. And more importantly, no one died from it.

[@mellie4174]

Doesn't matter. Policy is that NO one with injuries to thier hands can prepare food. Those policies exist for a reason. But He chose not to follow them and people nearly died because it.

[@am56879]

In America they don't give you sick leave and you get called in even when you have COVID, so what do you expect?

[@2PiNkStEr]

@@am56879if you have open wounds you have to bandage and wear gloves! This is why gloves are important when you have cuts

[@autumnh6200]

@@2PiNkStEr And not just when you have cuts. The moment food is RTE (ready-to eat), a chef must have gloves on. After studying culinary and opening my eyes, it is insane and unfathomable how many cooks don’t follow these procedures. I worked at a deli for a few years. I had to constantly tell my coworkers-even managers-to stop, wash your hands and change your gloves, after witnessing them be on their phone and then go to make RTE foods. I was known for being overbearing there, but no, just following common-sense guidelines. I barely go out to eat anymore because while some people are certified, most of them don’t CARE about these things

[@vidaacheampong2563]

ANYONE preparing food in this manner should always wear gloves

[@theduckk]

As someone with emetophobia this is my nightmare scenario

[@tdjeh379]

Omg didn’t know that the thing is exist. I got it from the summer camp busses tour. The summer camp is in the mountains . Each summer 12 buses were taking kids in there , of course parents gave us snacks and food , we made a new friends ate hour snacks , and in the morning lots of kids got sick. That was a nightmare . Until this days I am walking in the streets with second thought .. ‘why is this person standing like that is he is about to get sick, why is that person make this weird face expression, is he feel nauseous’ Freaking every day I wouldn’t survive on this plane. Once I was in the lobby with a friend who was laughing at me about my phobia. I saw a girl who were stand like she is about to get sick I said to her I am not going over there , she got laugh , when she went out she found out that the girl got sick , my friend finally understood the problem , she didn’t want to see it.

[@aj.meso26]

RIIIIIIGHT

[@kangtaehyunstan]

saame

[@FantomMisfit]

Your body is full of that *blood* there is no escaping it it is inside you muwahahahaha

[@pieshorts6947]

​@@FantomMisfitemetophobia has nothing to do with blood 🤦‍♂️

[@trout512]

When I was a teen, I took an international flight with my family from Chicago to Florence. My sister and I were the only ones to notice that our salads were covered in mold because it was "evening" so all the lights were dimmed and the windows were closed. Ever since then I've been really cautious about airplane food.

[@Stevepoku]

oh god that image in my head sounds disgusting to think about

[@AtlasTheMage]

“A hospital? What is it?” “It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now”

[@JordantheHedgehogsonicfan]

Surely you can't be serious

[@mattiemathis9549]

My names not Shirley.

[@angrywhale3545]

I'm serious...

[@girlyak909]

I currently live in Anchorage Alaska and I'm not surprised at all that a chef with a staph infection was preparing food without gloves, it's really difficult to get people to wear gloves or even wash thier hands here, it's gross

[@liamcollinson5695]

Is they not a food hygiene rating at places that serves or handle food they use them in the UK and if a place is like one or two barely anyone will use them they have to show it at the entrance so it embarrasses business into compliance

[@girlyak909]

@liamcollinson5695 There is, it's hard to explain, there's a lack of government officals that check that kind of thing up here for one and two they will just pretend when they come through and continue terrible handling. Restaurants don't get shut down until it's so bad that it literally is past the point of saving. Either has to be remodeled, sold, or torn down.

[@liamcollinson5695]

@@girlyak909 o I see so it's not really checked by officials the ones here can turn up pretty much any time you are open with no warning they tend to do it at the the most busy times

[@presidentkiller]

@@liamcollinson5695 That should be the standard anywhere in the world.

[@nancyschaltenbrand6451]

Omg! Im from Illinois, moved to Alaska, then Arizona, then Florida where I found out I was allergic to the cold. Also WHAT?!

[@FireCracker3240]

I just had food poisoning on New Year's Day after eating something that tasted and looked fine, from a place I have frequented many times over the years. It took me about a week and a half to recover. It's hard enough to deal with the effects of the sickness in the comfort of your own home. The thought of being on an airplane, in a foreign country, is absolutely terrifying.

[@CokeZorro]

No you didn't bud, and the easiest way to know you didn't is because it would be widespread. If only you got sick there Is no chance of actual food poisoning, perhaps cross contamination, not real poisoning

[@FireCracker3240]

@@CokeZorro Do we really know that no one else got sick, though? There could be dozens who did, but just chalked it up to a stomach bug, or a 24 hour virus, or something of that nature. Most people don't report this type of thing unless they end up severely sick or hospitalized. Food poisoning doesn't need to be widespread to be present.

[@justaguycalledjosh]

I remember reading on this flight. This incident was one of the reasons most airlines today do not permit pilot and copilot to consume the same meals before and whilst on duty.

[@Stevepoku]

They mentioned that in the video

[@jonirojonironin5353]

I wish there was a device that is small and 100% reliable that can determine whether a food is safe to eat or not like a barcode reader. Maybe in the future.

[@saraheason2976]

But they both had steaks...

[@chalkwarrior5542]

if I had a dime for every time Brew taught me about just how dangerous food poisoning can be, and how easy it is for it and other foodborne illnesses to occur because of even the smallest oversight, I'd have enough money to go to a local gas station and buy myself a soda, which isn't a lot but that sure is a lot of valuable lessons learned

[@sidneyvandykeii3169]

Don't forget to save enough for some Gas Station Sushi. I hear its delicious.

[@nylyehs]

“How 1 Subscriber Died From Gas Station Soda”

[@arandomgamer6228]

@@sidneyvandykeii3169 And a side of Gas Station Nachos, heard those are also very good.

[@shadowmystery5613]

@@sidneyvandykeii3169 -emia means presence in blood. 👌

[@sidneyvandykeii3169]

@@shadowmystery5613 I'm sure that gas station sushi will show up in your blood work if you eat it.

[@althefunkman]

Your videos never fail to frighten me cuz I’m in Japan now and my flight back home is in 2 days. What perfect timing

[@desertvibes6080]

This incident was 1975! It was irresponsible to not lead with that bc it makes it scarier not stating the year outright

[@YourAverageSpeedrunner]

@@desertvibes6080 1975 or not, this can still happen

[@foreverdreamwithinadream6871]

@@desertvibes6080 Things can still happen regardless what year it was. Planes still sometimes have to make emergency stops from time to time; though lets not scare the poor person before their next flight.

[@ggehh]

@@desertvibes6080 it literally mentions it happened in 1975 within the first minute of the video AND in the first line of the video description...

[@kneesocks15]

@@desertvibes6080 come on man it's at the 0:50 second mark at least watch the video

[@Cinnamon_Shaey]

I love the details you put into these videos, like the Danish text bouble was correctly phrased and spelled, only a small number of people would notice, so that is really nice to see!

[@Imtoobusyslayingrn111]

I've experienced food poisoning and I can't believe how awful it must've felt while having that on a plane. I wouldn't even wish this upon my worst enemy. Bless the people who suffered this, instead of having a nice paris vacation they got food poisoning..

[@neverpretty._]

O

[@utvom1]

the joke “what’s the deal with airplane food” has a whole new meaning

[@BrianaCunningham]

I find it really lovely that japanese speaking people in town were able to come and translate.

[@tormodhag6824]

Bruh it's not a small town it's a city though

[@BrianaCunningham]

@@tormodhag6824 nitpick much? XD

[@tormodhag6824]

@@BrianaCunningham wait huh? What was this vid about again? I must have some early dementia or something😂

[@HanFace89]

@@BrianaCunninghamnitpick* 🙊😂

[@BrianaCunningham]

@@HanFace89 lol!!! Ty I didn't notice my spelling error

[@AndzPlayzMC]

New fear unlocked: Eating cold packaged food on a airplane

[@FantomMisfit]

Just eat before and after the flight

[@ovni2295]

I have heard pre-packaged factory snacks (like a bag of Doritos) are generally the safest option when you are worried about food contamination in public places.

[@indrid]

This is why a pilot and co-pilot are not allowed to eat the same meal off the menu.

[@JustNuggie]

It also says that in the video

[@night-x6793]

Just stay with the peanuts, pretzels, and potato chips in air sealed packaging which isn't the most healthiest things to eat but it would be more safer to eat then a omelette while being 2 miles in the air.

[@brodriguez11000]

I wonder if radiation sterilization of food would cut down on a lot of this?

[@brassholio]

Try flying from Australia to Europe just eating pretzels.

[@rilmar2137]

Not that great for a long haul flight, I'd say. Also, just a nitpick: planes tend to fly at the altitude of 6-7 miles

[@night-x6793]

@@brassholio Try eating Sun Chips for 3 months because I couldn't afford anything else to eat from tight budget reasons.🤮

[@foodiegal9923]

Food poisoning is the worse! I can’t imagine how triggering it was to already be sick and then deal with the sights (and smells) around you while trapped on a plane!

[@jaden6316]

AYO brew I’ve been watching every single one of your videos, and I’ve liked and subscribed to you just know that I am one of your biggest fans❤

[@B_Van_Glorious]

Man, staph is found everywhere. We all encounter it dozens of times a day, our bodies just fight it off. When our immune systems are weak, like when we have an infection, staph can get a foothold and then become an issue. Holding the eggs in the danger zone for over a solid day is 99% to blame for this. Seriously, cooks need to be more hygienic than this, but holding temperatures are drilled into food service employees way way way before anyone's allowed to cook.

[@urlocalcrypt1d762]

Yeah that staph could've came from really anywhere

[@featherpony]

"What was it we had for dinner tonight?" "Well, we had a choice of steak or fish." "Yes, yes, I remember, I had lasagna."

[@downhomesunset]

And that’s what led to my drinking problem…….

[@altbrainpain6824]

"A hospital? What is it?" "It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now."

[@chiimumango3979]

"Surely you can't be serious"

[@user-sg5ii8de1g]

I watched this in the morning before my exams because it looked interesting and this really helped because we had a question about food poisoning and my mind first came into this thanks!

[@lysg5282]

Wow great video, Brew and the crew! Pretty scary what unsupervised airline food can do…. yeah I appreciate the living room.

[@wdavis6814]

Love when Brew uploads. Always interesting info.

[@Scapi0609]

yikes. i work in food service and preparing food with no gloves on in general, but ESPECIALLY with bandaged hands is just unthinkable to me. this is why i always scold people who dont wash their hands or treat their wounds. it may seem like a nuisance but getting infected is no joke

[@GeniusTheRobloxian]

Thank you brew for giving us fears of everything.

[@princeofpokemon2934]

Even though this was accidental, the person in charge of keeping these meals refrigerated could have gotten arrested or fired. The former is unlikely, but getting fired is nearly guaranteed after this. Then again, the person in charge of this could probably be sued. Furthermore, if someone had died from this food poisoning, the charges would be more severe. That last part is just my opinion. Like I said, getting arrested is very unlikely in this scenario. But it's not 0%. Getting fired is definitely more likely to happen

[@dangerousdays2052]

He committed seppuku. Did you even watch the video?

[@rustygear447]

Well... he committed sui cide, so suing him after that would be too cruel.

[@princeofpokemon2934]

@@dangerousdays2052 that's not funny at all!

[@cynicalducky1041]

The cook is definitely at fault imo. I've worked in a cooking module before, and it's the chef's responsibility to check their own health and take precautions ESPECIALLY if they have injuries on their hands. As Brew stated, the chef should have worn gloves when handling food. That's what the instructors taught the students if they have any cuts/injuries on their hands, one NEEDS to wear gloves. I'd say the chef that prepared the food should not only have been fired, but also have been blacklisted from the cooking industry.

[@dangerousdays2052]

@@princeofpokemon2934 It's true. The facts don't care about your feelings.

[@yland6003]

Talk about a Danger Zone. Some people don’t understand the true dangers serving food. Commercial kitchens have strict standards for this exact reason. To be honest companies and the public don’t value their food service employees. Employees in the industry make less money, even though they do tough work of sanitizing, labeling, and temperature tracking. If you don’t pay your food handling employees right, they might not take their job seriously. If you don’t pay attention to temperatures or allergies, you are putting people at serious risk.

[@bigboomer1013]

I mean in their case, the flight it nearly a full day (Including the night hours). You would need to bring your breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the plane to not go hungry. And you can defenitly not eat all of that in one sitting before your flight. You can't even bring food with you. Snacks maybe, but not meals. Plus there is also the night times. You could eat a bunch for dinner, and then sleep a long night. The time zones will probably affect the hours I think and so what would be breakfast time in your time my now, it will sill be night time. I don't know how time works, but it weirds me out for the most part because it keeps changing when you move to another time zone. You will eventually go hungry after you wake up till the morning and they will have to serve breakfast if there is still a long time to go.

[@royrice8021]

Never let the pilot and co-pilot eat the same meal. 🤔😳

[@juniordixie9489]

They don’t

[@courier-ec6zj]

As someone who worked in a supermarket, it was drilled into my head to not leave food in temps between 40°-165° for more than 4 hours. And this time stacks, it doesn't go away

[@sistermadrigalmorning233]

I mean I was taught this just for at home! Like if you cook dinner and have leftovers it better go in the fridge within 2 hours. If it's been longer than 4, probably safer to throw it out.

[@Necrikus]

I wasn't even eating and this started to make me nauseous.

[@usmale49]

LOL I lost it with the "not this kind of stool"!! Very good video btw. Thank you for uploading and sharing!!

[@Fiery.Dragon]

I'm unfortunate to have caught Staph Aureus food poisoning twice here in Toronto, Canada. Once was at the old Galaxy Donuts at Keele & Dundas West -- the tuna sandwich tasted absolutely fine, but I wound up in the hospital a few hours later. After I got back home, I had to go to sleep wearing a garbage bag as shorts, just in case the first night - I created 2 leg holes.... it was horrible.

[@dazzlingextremes389]

Brilliant idea though!!

[@spindleblood]

Literally my worst nightmare. Would rather walk into a pit of snakes or spiders than get food poisoning on an airplane. 😂

[@cs77smith67]

Your fear has not came true right?

[@PizzaPastaLuingini]

I guess you can Call that a EGGSECUTION

[@JuanGamer0202]

ah man

[@Buttwr]

🌯

[@wyattmurphy7153]

Tragedy + Time = Comedy

[@bvillebikelady3651]

You're such a yolker!

[@tonkatruck1968]

not bad man lol

[@kirkmorrison6131]

The whole plane dodged a bullet. If the whole flight crew, had been Ill they would be in a whole world of hurt. I remember this event. I was 19 at the time. It was on the news for several days. I to this to this day and on rare occasions I have to fly I carry my own brown bag to be safe

[@cremebrulee4759]

The Captain and First officer never used to ear the same thing, for just this reason. That seems to have changed, though.

[@Skarry]

​@@cremebrulee4759 they say that became common after this event.

[@FC-eh7ll]

@@Skarry Because of this specific event? Wow

[@kirkmorrison6131]

@@cremebrulee4759 Yes, I remember that, I don't understand why they changed the rule

[@andysstuff1]

@@FC-eh7ll Well, just about every plane crash that happens or incident, the FAA takes measures to ensure it simply can't happen again. So yeah.

[@seanpham67]

I had horrible diarrhea after eating a poke bowl during my stop at Dubai airport back in 2018. The crazy thing was that it started to get wild in my stomach just right before the airplane to my main goal Vietnam was about to takeoff and I was forced to stay in my seat and the bathroom doors were closed. I had never sweat that much again in my life without doing any exercise.

[@cs77smith67]

How did you overcome that?

[@tdjeh379]

I remember food poisoning of all the kids in high school. I was always too picky to eat anything, didn’t like fruity desserts , didn’t like the way the main food was prepared but I was always polite and pretend that I eating. I closed to eat a few bites of what I can eat and the rest of the food I usually put in to different corners of the plate , it’s make an illusion that the food were eaten. I was the only one who didn’t got sick. Doctors called my mom from school a few times but she kept saying that everything is fine, we don’t need any help

[@littlemissgiggles165]

I am so glad I don't eat on flights due to IBS concerns, I think I am going to continue doing that and buy crisps and a drink at the airport to take with me to wherever i am going. I dread to think what these poor people went through but having IBS messing up in the air is bad enough and so is food poisoning on the ground.

[@kyleinthejar6829]

Same here, I don’t have IBS but I do have GERD, and I have a very specific diet of foods most planes don’t carry. To think all these years what seemed like a curse was actually a blessing, or at least could have been if something like this ever happened on an airline I was on.

[@BlueCyann]

I'm another person with digestive issues that makes me not eat airplane food but to be honest I'd rather be able to eat it. Incidents like this are rare. Meanwhile every long flight is miserable for me.

[@catpella]

I don't eat on planes unless it's something I bring b/c I have an anaphylactic milk reaction, and this is reinforcing that that's good idea. I do ask the people next to me not to get coffee or items w/milk in it so that way nothing will fall on me and trigger hives and further reactions.

[@carolinebilliot2298]

Same here. I have IBS too

[@HarrypAhsokaT1231]

Same here! I have GERD and IBS and I’m not risking it. I always bring a ton of snacks

[@Red_Planet]

Those pilots dodged a bullet…

[@Superman37891]

More like a military-grade anti-aircraft missile, because if the pilots got sick, the entire airplane probably would’ve been destroyed

[@TacitusKilgore165]

I think it was eggs that did em not bullets...

[@justinp1011]

The manager, however did not.

[@cjane_world]

I feel very sad for the manager who took his own life. Yes, he made a big mistake, but he didn't do it intentionally and no lives were lost. I'm battling depression and struggle with making mistakes. I hope I'll never lose to my thoughts, because no mistake is worth dying for...

[@oonlg8959]

Yes it is very sad... I'll pray for you, Jesus can set you free from depression. It's okay to make mistakes, it happens. As long as we learn from them and move forward. We're not perfect but we can trust in the only One who is. You have worth in God's eyes and I hope one day you'll be able to look at yourself as he sees you.

[@nancyschaltenbrand6451]

Hey I'm just checking on you, making sure you're okay! How was your day :)

[@Dream7773]

We all make mistakes. But that’s what makes us HUMAN. ❤

[@WaferBrik]

I know how tough depression can be, I hope you're doing better now. ❤

[@Akagi_11222]

are you still alive

[@ziaccubus]

When people ask me why I’m scared of being on a plane, this is why. Crashing in a plane is the least of my worries, I’m severely emetophobic 😭😭

[@lyriclockman]

"Airline food, my gosh, what is up with that stuff?" -Spongebob Squarepants

[@trickytiky7329]

It sad that the manager took his life after 25 years of service. But I respect his dedication and sense or responsibility. Rip.

[@sasusaku._.obagiyu]

Fr! 🌹

[@lisan11]

So sad

[@beishui4480]

If the pilots ate those, it would be such an “Airplane” moment.

[@josephsheranda]

I never knew the food poisoning plot in Airplane! was inspired by real world events.

[@Znwarp]

I was thinking this

[@darryljorden9177]

Actually, the plot for Airplane was inspired by a 1957 movie called Zero Hour. Potential issues with food on a plane had been a concern long before 1975.

[@robotnikkkk001]

=I ALSO HAD NO IDEA =HEHEHEHE

[@ARCHAEVS]

The seat map of the 747 you’ve shown is with a stretched upper deck, which allowed seats to be placed at the front and the back of the door. However the 747 that was involved in this incident did not have a stretched upper deck. Just to point that out. Avgeek moment

[@lem9n]

🤓

[@ARCHAEVS]

@@lem9n 🤓=😎

[@lem9n]

@@ARCHAEVS Ok airplane geek

[@mimat_]

@@lem9n 🤡

[@warungmaduracakmus]

Interesting! Coincidentally, this year i will work in Japan as a worker at food manufacturing industry. I've thought about that stuff (basics, SOP, bacteria, manufacturing process, contamination, legal consequences for breaching SOP's, and much other stuff). I also taught that you need to report to your SPV if u had a scar, specially on hands, and report your health, even u gotta little flu you MUST report. This video is a reminder for me to stay on SOP's and communicate honestly about my condition even as little as a scar in my body. Surely i don't want to be like that man (harming hundreds of people and indirectly making someone depressed due to my negligence). Thank u brother, thanks for the reminder...

[@maximilianstaalby2528]

i am from copenhagen and i just watched youre intro where the plane was shown emergency landing in copenhagen! i am a big plane nerd aka avgeek and i have never ever been told about this

[@ericwlezniak2081]

I've done a few hours at a food pantry charity to get some work experience in. Veggies, fruits, and related produce spoil long before we get to bag them up for distribution. So I can understand the warning about fruits and vegetables.

[@RealSouize]

Changed titled from egg I've been robbed lol thanks for the content always enjoy when I see you guys uploaded. Thank you and the team you're great.

[@aliciamack9323]

This went on back in 1975 and still today after hearing airline meals on food posioning I never let my gaurd down nor trust what meals they have on the plane

[@frankn628]

Perfect video to watch as I’m about to board an international 15 hour flight

[@Herowebcomics]

MAN! You have to be careful what you eat! Thankfully people were able to get everyone to safety!

[@gamereditor59ner22]

Interesting.... 🤔 Thank you for the information!

[@riber62]

As a dane I remember the incident. It was a huge story at the time, and a big logistic job to handle all the sick passengers. I never eat or drink coffe/tea on an airplane for the same reasons. But then again, I don't fly very much.

[@AmbianceBeats]

I am going on a 14 hour flight in a couple of weeks so this was a good video to watch in preparation.

[@ingridi2c4]

That omelette joke at the start made me laugh more than it should have

[@mirandaandrews2872]

Same

[@nayanpati7310]

I had a food poisoning few years back and it was a nightmare. Constant vomiting, diarrhoea, dizziness. Within one day people noticed that I became some kind of pale and my weight reduced. Although I started recovering from 3 day and vomiting and dizziness stopped

[@MK8MasterJunjie]

I’ve never had it coming out of both ends at once. You have my sympathy.

[@Nightrunner116]

My heart goes out to the family of Mr. Kuwabara, wherever you may be.

[@rie-san9856]

*New Fear Unlocked

[@pedroleonardo9404]

Right before I board my first plane to Europe lol. Thank you Brew 😂

[@jamespike5161]

I just want to tell you both good luck. We’re all counting on you.

[@Brendonbosy]

Surely you cant be serious? I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley

[@aliceakosota797]

Took me way too long to find this

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

Heheheh, I _love_ that reference!

[@Crowens]

A hospital? What is it?

[@lauverr3808]

This is such an incredibly sad story. :( I'm shocked that the chefs prepping the meals weren't wearing gloves while handling food like that. But the fact that the chef that had the lesions on his fingers took his own life after everyone got sick is heartbreaking. It's just really really depressing all the way around. I'm glad that it changed the process of how food is made and handled with the airlines and everything but it's still so sad that it had to come to something like that happening for those changes to be made. ...kind of. 😬

[@ALT-vz3jn]

I was poisoned by food on an Air Canada flight from Geneva to Montreal. I’m guessing it was the hot pocket sandwich they gave us for ‘breakfast’ before landing. I was sick as a dog from food poisoning for 3 days afterwards. High fever, headache, vomiting and the runs. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone 🤮😖

[@LeolaGlamour]

Y’all making me scared to eat the plane food.

[@maximilianodelrio]

Did you get any compensation?

[@cs77smith67]

​@@LeolaGlamour did u ever eat any?

[@LeolaGlamour]

@@cs77smith67 nope still no over the water flights

[@cs77smith67]

@@LeolaGlamour I'm going to Asia next month from USA 🇺🇲 so I guess I'll let you know how it is but u should try it one day

[@pappico]

I remember having that food poisoning in my senior year of high school. The cause was also my lunch accumulating that bacteria because of bad refrigeration for a long amount of time. It was so bad I had to be hospitalized and dextrosed with water (or whatever that was) for like 2 days… I can't imagine going through that on a freaking plane with hundreds of other people as well and IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY. 😨

[@celocylis]

Why do the animations consistently make it seem like the Danish capital of Copenhagen is in the southern part of Sweden? As a dane I'm all for regaining control of Malmö and Skåne but that is currently Swedish territory. I have watched your content for a couple of years now and love your storytelling, and this is just a small thing I noticed in an animation!!! Keep up the good work Brew!!!

[@Yotanido]

I guess technically that is still in the south, but it's not like it's close to the border. The point they mark is WAY into Sweden. It's not even close.

[@PassengersMusic777]

It’s in that grey area of Europe usually everyone ignores nor cares about. Isn’t Denmark in Finland somewheres? 🗺️

[@epender]

​@@PassengersMusic777 The grey area of Europe would be the East where everybody forgets about. Also I hope that last part is sarcastic.

[@starwarzchik112]

I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

[@cruelangel7737]

One of the few instances in life where you will not be judged for soiling yourself.

[@miaasio6555]

We miss you on-screen Brew.. and the puns.

[@rexblazegreen9193]

Yeah.....

[@KameronTovey]

WE NEED MORE GIFABLE BREW MOMENTS, MORE EMOTE WORTHY FACES, GIVE USSS

[@zechsmarquis7994]

Imagine being a restaurant cook then suddenly being asked to translate to save lives.

[@Christopherianmatt]

Where’s my food??! I’ve been at this table for 45 minutes and the waitress hasn’t brought the water yet!

[@donflamingo795]

This is why Gordon Ramsay said that we need to avoid airline foods like plague.

[@lisal.4498]

This is why I pack snacks when we fly and why I will never get on a cruise ship. Having experienced food poisoning at a Disney hotel about 10 years ago, it SUCKS

[@TheOneWhoGetLeftBehind_Pluto]

Brew I really like this video

[@Joshua-fl3lk]

Narrator: "Most of the travelers were so severely ill that immediate hospitalization was necessary." Me: "A hospital? What is it?"

[@stylesrj]

It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now!

[@NuevoLuck]

Oh thats right I remember, I had lasagne... Leslie Nielsen Airline food made in Alaska sounds like an odd choice

[@joelellis7035]

"That's why I had the lasagna!"

[@euge963]

As someone who remembers getting meals on flights and complaining that low cost airlines stopped offering food, I'm now happy to bring my own food onboard.

[@cs77smith67]

I thought you can't do that these days bringing your own food, what type of foods do you bring on airplanes?

[@hermanphilips4617]

Yeah, some of the stories I've heard from food processing... and some of the habits I've seen from people working there. Yeah... terrifying. Just last summer, I saw a guy covered in gyproc dust walk into the food processing room of a local turkey deli. They were renovating one of the buildings, and he apparently thought it was brilliant to go into the main food processing to hose himself off. I thought he was someone contracted for construction... but apparently he is a regular employee there.

[@wtfhahahaha]

wdym by hose himself out

[@Rubyoreo]

..now i dont want to trust anything I didn't cook myself.

[@foreverdreamwithinadream6871]

@@Rubyoreo Or grow yourself for that matter.

[@Rubyoreo]

@@foreverdreamwithinadream6871 True... that supermarket lettuce is hard to trust with all the recals.

[@feistsorcerer2251]

​@@Rubyoreo Having worked as a stocker in the back room of a grocery store, you really don't want any fresh produce at major chains. I won't get into details but trust me, between the conditions they're kept in and employee handling, even if it was safe when it got there it might not be by the time it gets out on display. And that's assuming it got there in a good state. A lot of times things are already a problem when they get there. It's a testament to how good most people's immune systems are that more people don't get sick.

[@greatboredompineappl]

It’s likely the E Coli I contracted several months ago came from an airplane (more likely from washing my hands in the plane bathroom than the prepackaged food, though)

[@alistairmcelwee7467]

The idea of having that food poisoning diarrhea at the same time as 150 other people with only 4 lavatories among you - it all sounds messy, unpleasant, & stinky...

[@Galaxy_Lies41]

Love the content 👍✨😄

[@Buttwr]

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